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Language style matching and police interrogation outcomes.
- Source :
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Law and human behavior [Law Hum Behav] 2014 Aug; Vol. 38 (4), pp. 357-66. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Apr 14. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- This research examined the coordination of interrogator and suspects' verbal behavior in interrogations. Sixty-four police interrogations were examined at the aggregate and utterance level using a measure of verbal mimicry known as Language Style Matching. Analyses revealed an interaction between confession and the direction of language matching. Interrogations containing a confession were characterized by higher rates of the suspect matching the interrogators' language style than interrogations without a confession. A sequence analysis of utterance-level Language Style Matching revealed a divergence in the type of matching that occurred across outcome. There was a linear increase in interrogator-led matching for interrogations containing a confession and an increase in suspect-led matching for nonconfession interrogations. These findings suggest that police interrogations play out, in part, at the basic level of language coordination.
- Subjects :
- Canada
Humans
Verbal Behavior
Interviews as Topic
Language
Police
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-661X
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Law and human behavior
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24730389
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000077