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Language style matching and police interrogation outcomes. / Richardson, Beth; Taylor, Paul J.; Snook, Brent et al.
In: Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 38, No. 4, 08.2014, p. 357-366.

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Richardson, B, Taylor, PJ, Snook, B, Conchie, S & Bennell, C 2014, 'Language style matching and police interrogation outcomes', Law and Human Behavior, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 357-366. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000077

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Richardson, B., Taylor, P. J., Snook, B., Conchie, S., & Bennell, C. (2014). Language style matching and police interrogation outcomes. Law and Human Behavior, 38(4), 357-366. https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000077

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Richardson B, Taylor PJ, Snook B, Conchie S, Bennell C. Language style matching and police interrogation outcomes. Law and Human Behavior. 2014 Aug;38(4):357-366. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000077

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Richardson, Beth ; Taylor, Paul J. ; Snook, Brent et al. / Language style matching and police interrogation outcomes. In: Law and Human Behavior. 2014 ; Vol. 38, No. 4. pp. 357-366.

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abstract = "This research examined the coordination of interrogator and suspects{\textquoteright} verbal behavior in interrogations. Sixty-four police interrogations were examined at the aggregate and utterance level using a measure of verbal mimicry known as Language Style Matching. Analyses revealed an interaction between confession and the direction of language matching. Interrogations containing a confession were characterized by higher rates of the suspect matching the interrogators{\textquoteright} language style than interrogations without a confession. A sequence analysis of utterance-level Language Style Matching revealed a divergence in the type of matching that occurred across outcome. There was a linear increase in interrogator-led matching for interrogations containing a confession and an increase in suspect-led matching for nonconfession interrogations. These findings suggest that police interrogations play out, in part, at the basic level of language coordination.",
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