Are criminals better lie detectors? Investigating offenders' abilities in the context of deception detection
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In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, Vol. 35, No. 1, 01.01.2021, p. 203-214.
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T1 - Are criminals better lie detectors? Investigating offenders' abilities in the context of deception detection
AU - Schindler, Simon
AU - Wagner, Laura K.
AU - Reinhard, Marc André
AU - Ruhara, Nico
AU - Pfattheicher, Stefan
AU - Nitschke, Joachim
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - The present research examined lie detection abilities of a rarely investigated group, namely offenders. Results of the studies conducted thus far indicated a better performance of offenders compared to non-offenders when discriminating between true and false messages. With two new studies, we aimed at replicating offenders' superior abilities in the context of deception detection. Results of Study 1 (N = 76 males), in contrast, revealed that offenders were significantly worse at accurately classifying true and false messages compared to non-offenders (students). Results of Study 2 (N = 175 males) revealed that offenders' discrimination performance was not significantly different compared to non-offenders (clinic staff). An internal meta-analysis yielded no significant difference between offenders and non-offenders, questioning the generalizability of previous findings.
AB - The present research examined lie detection abilities of a rarely investigated group, namely offenders. Results of the studies conducted thus far indicated a better performance of offenders compared to non-offenders when discriminating between true and false messages. With two new studies, we aimed at replicating offenders' superior abilities in the context of deception detection. Results of Study 1 (N = 76 males), in contrast, revealed that offenders were significantly worse at accurately classifying true and false messages compared to non-offenders (students). Results of Study 2 (N = 175 males) revealed that offenders' discrimination performance was not significantly different compared to non-offenders (clinic staff). An internal meta-analysis yielded no significant difference between offenders and non-offenders, questioning the generalizability of previous findings.
KW - beliefs about deception
KW - dark triad
KW - deception detection
KW - offenders
KW - Psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85094649269&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/acp.3755
DO - 10.1002/acp.3755
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85094649269
VL - 35
SP - 203
EP - 214
JO - Applied Cognitive Psychology
JF - Applied Cognitive Psychology
SN - 0888-4080
IS - 1
ER -