Deception Detection

Improve your interview skills. Learn how to tell when someone is editing something out of a verbal or written statement. This session will cover the basics of Discourse Analysis, a lexical and syntactical approach to analyzing statements. Using clear examples, Dr. Tanner will explain how a respondent’s shifts in words and grammar can point interviewers to “hot spots” in a statement that needs to be probed. You will never listen to a conversation or interview the same way again if you attend this session.

Presented by 

Jim Tanner

Dr. Tanner has 39 years experience in community corrections. He obtained his Ph.D. in Cognitive Social Psychology from the University of Illinois, specializing in Phenomenology and Criminology. He serves as the computer forensic examiner for Probation in the 20th Judicial District of Colorado and has examined more than 1,300 sex offender’s computers.  He is nationally recognized as a leader in the management of sex offenders’ computers. He is responsible for the creation of Field Search, a forensic software application in use in the US, Canada, U.K. and Australia. He also developed the Structured Sex Offender Treatment Review (SSOTR) in use nationally to monitor sex offenders’ behavior.