In many criminal trials, forensic technical evidence is lacking and triers of fact must rely on the reliability of eyewitness statements, identifications, and testimony; however, such reports can be riddled with deceptive statements or erroneous recollections. Based on such considerations, the question arises as to how one should weigh such eyewitness accounts given the theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field. Finding the Truth in the Courtroom focuses on how legal professionals, legal/forensic psychologists, and memory researchers can decide when statements or identifications are based on truthful or fabricated experiences and whether one can distinguish between lies, deception, and false memories.The contributors, key experts in the field, assemble recent experimental work and case studies in which deception or false memory plays a dominant role. Topics discussed relate to the susceptibility to suggestive pressure (e.g., "Under which circumstances are children or adults the most vulnerable to suggestion?"), the fabrication of symptoms (e.g., "How to detect whether PTSD symptoms are malingered?"), and the detection of deceit (e.g., "Which paradigms are promising in deception detection?"), among others. By using this approach, this volume unites diverse streams of research (i.e., deception, malingering, false memory) that are involved in the reliability of eyewitness statements.

About the EditorsContributorsChapter 1: Deception and Memory in the Courtroom: An OverviewHenry Otgaar and Mark L. HowePart I: Memory in the CourtroomChapter 2: Misinformation in the CourtroomShari R. Berkowitz and Elizabeth F. LoftusChapter 3: Suggestibility in the Courtroom: How Memory Can Be Distorted During the Investigative and Legal ProcessFiona Gabbert and Lorraine HopeChapter 4: When Spontaneous Statements Should Not Be Trusted: False Memories in Children and AdultsHenry Otgaar and Mark L. HoweChapter 5: A Neurobiological Account False MemoriesVincent van de Ven, Henry Otgaar, and Mark L. HowePart II: Children in the CourtroomChapter 6: Assessing the Veracity of Children's Forensic Interviews: Implications for the CourtroomHayden M. Henderson and Samantha J. AndrewsChapter 7: Putting Children's Memory and Suggestibility in their Place: An Analysis Considering Person, Topic, and ContextDeborah Goldfarb, Gail S. Goodman, Rakel P. Larson, Alejandra Gonzalez, and Mitchell L. EisenPart III: Deception in the CourtroomChapter 8: Nonverbal Detection of DeceptionAldert VrijChapter 9: Building a Case: The Role of Empirically Based Interviewing Techniques in Case ConstructionTimothy J. Luke, Maria Hartwig, Laure Brimbal, and P?r Anders GranhagChapter 10: Deception Detection Using Psychophysiological and Neural MeasuresEwout H. Meijer and Bruno VerschuerePart IV: Malingering in the CourtroomChapter 11: Seven Myths About FeigningMarko Jelicic, Harald Merckelbach, and Irena BoskoviChapter 12: False Symptom Claims and Symptom Validity AssessmentThomas MertenIndex