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shofmannx20

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A police officer is interrogating a suspect in a white collar crime case where several hundred thousand dollars are suspected to have been stolen. When asked if knows anything about the missing money, the suspect puts his hands over his mouth and says, I don't know what you're talking about.
  What conclusion can the investigator draw from the suspect's behavior and answer?
 
  A) The suspect is probably being truthful.
  B) The suspect is definitely being truthful.
  C) The suspect does not understand the question and is stalling.
  D) The suspect is probably lying.

Question 2

What does the research say about eye behavior as an indicator of lying during interrogations?
 
  A) Eye aversion to the left indicates deception.
  B) Eye aversion to the right indicates deception.
  C) Almost all scientific evidence says that eye behavior or gaze aversion CANNOT gauge truthfulness reliably.
  D) Each subject must be evaluated singularly to determine which eye gaze aversion is indicating deception.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C





 

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