Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Patry, Marc William"

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The effects of cognitive load and lying types on deception cues

Adams-Quackenbush, Nicole M. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2015)

Over the last decade, inducing cognitive load has been introduced as a possible lie detection technique (Vrij, et al., 2006). Evidence suggests that lying is a cognitively taxing task; therefore, increasing a deceiver’s ...
I want you to sit there and think about what you did : an examination of isolation during police interrogations

Shaw, Sarah R. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)

The literature on police interrogations is vast, but little to no research has explored isolation during interrogations. Police officers are trained to isolate suspects (Cleary & Warner, 2016), officers report “isolating ...
The Mr. Big technique on trial by jury : impressions of defendant character, confession evaluations, and verdicts

Connors, Christina J. (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)

Mr. Big is an undercover Canadian police technique used to elicit confessions from suspects. Undercover officers befriend the suspect, encouraging them to join a fictitious criminal organization and participate in staged ...

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