2. NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOR
⢠Eyes-their importance
⢠90% of facial information come from eye expressions
⢠Eye contact can indicate truthfulness or deception
⢠Excessive eye blinking indicates stress
3. EYES
⢠Eye movement
⢠Eye movement to the left indicates an introverts personality
⢠Eye movement to the right indicates an extroverts personality
4. EYES
⢠Eye behaviors that are indicators of deception.
⢠Excessive eye shifting
⢠Prolonged eye contact
⢠Staring at interviewer
5. GUILTY EYES
⢠Ready to confess
⢠Looks at ceiling for the first time.
⢠Starts blinking.
6. NOSE
⢠âThe nose is the most stress sensitive part of the body.â
⢠Touching, rubbing, picking, and holding the nose are indicators of
stress and deception.
7. MOUTH
⢠Inappropriate/excessive smiling is an indicator of deception.
⢠False smile is noted by only lower teeth showing.
⢠Any obstruction of speech-whether physical or symbolic indicates
stress.
⢠Excessive gulping is a sign of stress
8. MOUTH
⢠Yawning is a sign of stress or feigned boredom.
⢠Other behaviors indicating stress
⢠Biting lips
⢠Squeezing lips
⢠Continuously licking lips
⢠Dry mouth resulting in a clacking sound when talking
⢠White foam in the corners of the mouth
10. HANDS
⢠Hands on chin
⢠Thumb under chin, forefinger stroking chin-deciding to confess
⢠Thumb under chin subject starts to smile
⢠Hand over mouth indicator of deception
⢠Womenâs hands go to their neck and throat area indicator of
stress.
⢠Hands away from body indicator of truthfulness.
⢠Hands inward to the body indicator of deception.
11. ARMS
⢠Crossing of arms indicates defensiveness caused by fear of the
situation or guilt ridden stress.
⢠Arms crossed over chest, fists clasped under arms indicates
uncooperativeness.
12. ARMS
⢠Arms crossed closely to the neck indicates greater defiance.
⢠Arms crossed and leaning into the interrogator indicates lessening
chance of cooperation.
13. GENERAL APPEARANCES
⢠Truthful person
⢠Appears at ease
⢠Talkative
⢠Sincere
⢠Cooperative
⢠Answers questions directly
⢠Good eye contact
⢠Appears relaxed
⢠Lighthearted conversation
14. GENERAL APPEARANCES
⢠Deceptive person
⢠Apprehensive
⢠Worried appearance
⢠Continual sighing or yawning
⢠Aggressive toward interviewer
⢠Overfriendly
⢠Poor eye contact
⢠Evasive answering
⢠Excessive movement
15. POSTURE (SITTING)
⢠Truthful
⢠Sits upright
⢠Relaxed looking
⢠Changes positions
⢠Arms open uncrossed
⢠Legs open uncrossed
⢠Head and shoulders straight up
⢠Overall has casual appearance
16. POSTURE (SITTING)
⢠Deceptive Person
⢠Slouches in chair
⢠Stiff and rigid
⢠Faces to the side
⢠Moves frequently and rapidly
⢠Arms crossed upper body turned away from interrogator
⢠Head slump
⢠Fetal position
17. LIARâS MOVEMENT
⢠Trunk shifting means fear of interrogation.
⢠Moving chair away from interrogator.
⢠Attempting to exit.
19. FEET-INDICATORS OF STRESS
⢠Bouncing feet
⢠Kicking-anger
⢠Person moves interrogators chair
⢠Foot tapping
⢠Cross ankles under chair
20. PRE-CONFESSION POSES
⢠Palms up
⢠First sigh
⢠Rounding or drooping of shoulders
⢠Chin dropping to chest
⢠Eyes slowly blinking while looking at ceiling
21. PRE-CONFESSION POSES
⢠First crying (look for mucus)
⢠Holding or rubbing chin while smiling
⢠Leans into interrogators body space
⢠Overall look of submission
22. VERBAL BEHAVIOR
⢠Verbal signals are the most productive.
⢠Pitch increase, cracking in the voice, increased flow and volume
are indicators of stress.
⢠Stress occurs and rate, volume, or pitch may increase or decrease
95%.
23. The Noâs which may indicate deception
⢠The 5 second no
⢠No followed by body movement
⢠Arms crossing
⢠Legs crossing
⢠Body shifting
⢠The late no when others were timely
⢠No followed by closing of eyes
24. NOâS
⢠No given before the question is finished
⢠The âStevie Wonderâ NO
⢠Breathless No no sound
⢠Humming bird no
⢠No with a washed out look
⢠No with a hypnotic glance
26. Anger/Aggression indicative of deception
⢠Doesnât deny the crime, attacks the facts
⢠Blames the victim
⢠Anger at onset of interview
⢠Makes issues of false issues
⢠Truthful person doesnât start out angry
27. Speech indicators of deception
⢠Sighs
⢠Laugh
⢠Whew
⢠Slurring of words
⢠Skips around sentences
⢠Stop sentences
28. Speech
⢠Restarts sentences
⢠Leaves off ends of sentences
⢠Speech dysfunction 90% likelihood of lying
⢠Overly polite, cannot be insulted
29. Guilt signatures-beware who without
prompting
⢠Tells you about previous arrest
⢠Tells you about past similar trouble
⢠Speaks in third person about themselves 1st to 3rd
⢠States they are hated or disliked