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Revealing a Lie in Court

Authors: Sofronov Yu. V.

Citation: Sofronov Yu. V. Revealing a Lie in Court. Psychology in Law Enforcement. Vol. 24, No 2(77), 2019. Pp. 232–236 (In Russ.). DOI: 10. 24411/1999-6241-2019-12016

Для цитирования: Софронов Ю. В. Выявление лжи в судебном процессе // Психопедагогика в правоохранительных органах. 2019. T. 24, № 2(77). С. 232–236. DOI: 10. 24411/1999- 6241-2019-12016

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Abstract

Introduction. One of the peculiarities of any legal proceedings, including arbitration proceedings, is personal participation of different subjects who give evidence in court. The judge basing on his/her own experience and knowledge must estimate the testimony given by the plaintiff, defendant, witnesses, specialists, etc. not only in regard to its importance as proof but also concerning its reliability and validity. Materials, Results and Discussion. The attempted research proves that the legal proceedings participants not infrequently give false information while it is not always possible for the judge to reveal it, which negatively influences administration of justice. Examining various manifestations of lie the author makes the conclusion about the usage of its three main forms: active, passive and active-passive. As for the stress as a consequence of the liar’s awareness of his unlawful actions, the author reveals its forms. The article presents different external signs, knowing them helps to identify a liar in legal proceedings and administer justice. Conclusions. The research conducted shows that manifestation of a lie rather often takes place in obtaining or estimating personal evidence in court during the direct contact with the data possessor (plaintiff, defendant, witnesses, specialists, translator, etc.)

  1. Falsification of evidence in court creates the conditions for unjust court decision, which requires an appropriate response from the judge to the attempts at giving false data.
  2. The source of false evidence uses one of the forms of a lie: active, active -passive or passive, each of them has its own features and external signs.
  3. A liar in court is under great stress as he realizes the publicity of his unlawful behaviour, probable consequences and the fact of its picture taking and video-recording. The stress is shown in uncontrolled behaviour, the judge and those present in court analyzing its signs and revealing the falsifier.

Keywords:  court; judge; evidence; lie; falsification of evidence; stress; signs of stress.

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Submitted 30.09.2018