Main description:

Detecting Malingering and Deception: Forensic Distortion Analysis (FDA-5), Third Edition maintains the tradition of the prior two editions, following the Forensic Distortion Analysis (FDA) model. Fully updated since the last edition nearly 20 years ago, the book continues to serve as a comprehensive volume on deception and distortion in forensic, clinical and several specialized contexts.

As with the previous editions, the book presents a model of deception intended to be utilized and applied by the qualified evaluator. The proposed model covers targets of the faker, response styles shown, and methods to detect the deception. The goal is to summarize the historical and latest information on distortion detection, to present guidelines for detecting deception that include variable accuracy rates based on different detection techniques, and to stimulate further research of effective methods of deception detection. Recommendations and guidelines for the practicing clinician are offered throughout the book, including real-world cases to inform and enlighten, particularly in unique cases or those in which the certain outcomes are unexpected.

Key Features:

Outlines the role of the forensic professional in applying and integrating methods assessment in deception and distortion

Provides base-rates for deception-related behavior and events, especially useful in report writing or courtroom testimony as an expert witness

Presents the latest advances in methodology and technology to assist in the search for ground truth in applied settings and situations

Applies forensic distortion analysis to evaluate the deception-related findings and statements of other professionals involved in a particular case

New coverage includes sections on deception analysis for collectivities, including media groups, contemporary politics, cross-national corporations, conflict, and terrorism

Detecting Malingering and Deception incorporates the latest research, providing practical application to utilize information and evaluative methods as they pertain to deception-related settings and situations. Sample reports and extensive graphs, tables, charts, and histograms are provided, and every chapter has been updated with new studies and investigations. The Third Edition boasts several new chapters and updated working appendices of coverage to expand the exploration of deception addressing advances in the field, and our current understanding of the phenomenon.

Contents:

1. Foundational Issues of Deception 2. Involuntary Distortion 3. The Applied Forensic Analysis Model 4. Evaluation Process Guidelines 5. Deception and Nonverbal Behavior 6. Deception in Nonhumans 7. Children and Deception 8. Child Abuse and Deception 9. Deception in Adolescents 10. Deception and Elderly People 11. Civil Law and Deception 12. Malingered Neuropsychological Deficits 13. Faked Pain and Loss of Sensation 14. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Deception 15. Interviewing and Interrogation 16. Criminal Profiling 17. Forensic Hypnosis 18. Competency and Deception 19. Criminal Responsibility and Deception 20. Faked Amnesia and Recall Skills 21. Psychosis and Deception 22. Hallucinations and Deception 23. Substance Abuse-Related Deception 24. Violence Risk Analysis and Deception 25. Conclusions and Expert Testimony 26. Media and Media Groups and Deception 27. Contemporary Politics and Deception 28. Terrorism and Deception 29. War and Deception 30. Trends and future directions