Doctoral Dissertation Research: Guilty Stereotypes: The Social Psychology of Race and Suspicion in Police Interrogations

先前的研究指出，警察经常依靠非语言行为，如厌恶凝视和坐立不安，来发现欺骗。然而，研究表明，这些行为并不是欺骗的可靠指标。相反，它们是焦虑的指标。除了内疚，嫌疑人在与警方交谈时可能会紧张的原因有很多。一个经常被忽视的原因是受试者的种族，因为先前的研究表明，刻板印象是一个引发焦虑的过程。目前的项目使用了三项研究来测试目前警方在评估嫌疑人的可信度时对焦虑线索的依赖。这一研究路线试图扩大对种族在面谈和审讯中所起作用的研究。因此，结果将为法律系统的从业人员提供信息。

Prior research notes that police officers often rely on nonverbal behavior, such as gaze aversion and fidgeting, to detect deception. These behaviors, however, have been shown in studies to not be reliable indicators of deception. Rather, they are indicators of anxiety. Other than guilt, there are many reasons why a suspect may be nervous when talking to the police. One often overlooked reason is the race of the subject since prior research shows that being stereotyped is an anxiety provoking process. The current project uses three studies to test the present police reliance on cues to anxiety when assessing the credibility of a suspect.This line of research seeks to expand the research on the role of race in interviewing and interrogation. As such, the results will inform practitioners in the legal system.