Liar: The Art Of Detecting Deception And Eliciting Responses [Paperback]

Confessions are generally motivated by a desire to reduce fear and minimize consequences. Sometimes hard techniques designed to intimidate or threaten a person may result in an unreliable or fabricated confession. Providing a person with justification for his/her guilty wrongdoing is the key to getting a confession. The paradigm shift in gaining intelligence involves motivating the person to provide information by developing a relationship, bond or attachment with the interviewer. The use of soft techniques can often yield more information. In his book Liar: The Art of Detecting Deception and Eliciting Responses , Mr. McManus offers readers tried and true methods of effective interrogation techniques. From the early history of deception through modern deception practices, Mr. McManus provides a solid foundation on which the reader can build his/her effective deception detection skills. A must read for those in law enforcement, intelligence and security communities.