04-25-2011, 08:43 PM
I came across a pre-interview tape of the husband:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxVrPm7QeJc
The blog Seamusoriley.blogspot.com covers a statement analysis of the interview here:
http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2011/04...lamic.html
The statement analysis blog was referenced in another thread about a different case. LC had posted that she wasn't sure of the blogger or his credentials. With some digging, his name is Peter Hyatt and he is purportedly "a Statement Analyst by profession, lives in Maine, and works with the FBI and LE all over the country. He also teaches statement Analysis to LE." While you can search and find plenty of links to radio interviews he has done in this capacity, I can't find any backing his LE credentials.
Mark McClish, however, is the real deal and specializes in statement analysis. He is a retired Deputy United States Marshal with 26 years of federal law enforcement experience. His website is here: http://www.statementanalysis.com/
Statement Analysis is the process of examining a person's words to determine exactly what the person is saying. This includes determining if the person is being truthful or deceptive, discovering additional information within the statement, and seeing if the person is withholding any information. Statement Analysis is based on three things:
1. Word Definitions
2. Rules of Grammar
3. Research and Observations
In a blog interview that has been quoted but is no longer available on the net:
People’s words will betray them. Therefore, the techniques will work with anyone who has the ability to communicate. However, if the person has poor grammar skills then some of the techniques may be difficult to use. For example, the person may use present tense verbs instead of past tense verbs not because he is being deceptive but because he does not know how to speak proper English. We have to take this into consideration when analyzing a statement. Other techniques will still work no matter what their educational level or background is.
ICB: I know that word order and certain phrases can be indicators of deception. How do issues like regional dialects and suspects who speak English as a second language change the statement analyst’s approach to an interview?
MM: The approach in obtaining information should be the same. However, when analyzing the statement we have to consider regional dialects or if English is not the subject’s first language. The person may use a phrase that is unfamiliar to the interviewer. The interviewer will then need to ask additional questions to clarify what the person said. If English is the subject’s second language, this may cause him to use the wrong pronouns. An interviewer needs to recognize this and look for other signs of deception or truthfulness.
Both gentlemen cover a number of cases discussed here at Mock. Interesting reads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxVrPm7QeJc
The blog Seamusoriley.blogspot.com covers a statement analysis of the interview here:
http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2011/04...lamic.html
The statement analysis blog was referenced in another thread about a different case. LC had posted that she wasn't sure of the blogger or his credentials. With some digging, his name is Peter Hyatt and he is purportedly "a Statement Analyst by profession, lives in Maine, and works with the FBI and LE all over the country. He also teaches statement Analysis to LE." While you can search and find plenty of links to radio interviews he has done in this capacity, I can't find any backing his LE credentials.
Mark McClish, however, is the real deal and specializes in statement analysis. He is a retired Deputy United States Marshal with 26 years of federal law enforcement experience. His website is here: http://www.statementanalysis.com/
Statement Analysis is the process of examining a person's words to determine exactly what the person is saying. This includes determining if the person is being truthful or deceptive, discovering additional information within the statement, and seeing if the person is withholding any information. Statement Analysis is based on three things:
1. Word Definitions
2. Rules of Grammar
3. Research and Observations
In a blog interview that has been quoted but is no longer available on the net:
People’s words will betray them. Therefore, the techniques will work with anyone who has the ability to communicate. However, if the person has poor grammar skills then some of the techniques may be difficult to use. For example, the person may use present tense verbs instead of past tense verbs not because he is being deceptive but because he does not know how to speak proper English. We have to take this into consideration when analyzing a statement. Other techniques will still work no matter what their educational level or background is.
ICB: I know that word order and certain phrases can be indicators of deception. How do issues like regional dialects and suspects who speak English as a second language change the statement analyst’s approach to an interview?
MM: The approach in obtaining information should be the same. However, when analyzing the statement we have to consider regional dialects or if English is not the subject’s first language. The person may use a phrase that is unfamiliar to the interviewer. The interviewer will then need to ask additional questions to clarify what the person said. If English is the subject’s second language, this may cause him to use the wrong pronouns. An interviewer needs to recognize this and look for other signs of deception or truthfulness.
Both gentlemen cover a number of cases discussed here at Mock. Interesting reads.