Michael Searcy, Steve Duck, & Peter Blanck
2005
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It has long been known that non-typical verbal and nonverbal behaviors by a defendant or witness in a criminal or civil case often are interpreted by judges and juries as evidence of guilt or untrustworthiness (Blanck, Rosenthal, & Cordell, 1985). The behaviors known to be associated with a lack of credibility and dishonesty are the shifty eye, shuffling feet, hesitancy in tone of voice, lack of expected emotion, and inconsistencies among verbal and nonverbal messages (Hickson, Stack & Moore, 2003).
Michael Searcy, Steve Duck, Peter Blanck. (2005). Nonverbal Behavior in the Courtroom and the “Appearance of Justice.” In Ronald Riggio & Robert Feldman (eds.), Applications of Nonverbal Communication, Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers: 41-61
Keywords: appearance of justice, courtrooms, nonverbal behavior, nonverbal communication