The Truth Detector, Jack Schafer
The Truth Detector, Jack Schafer
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The Truth Detector
An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth

Author: Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins

Narrator: George Newbern

Unabridged: 6 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2020

Synopsis

This paradigm shifting how-to guide effortlessly teaches you how to outwit liars and get them to reveal the truth—from former FBI agent and author of the “practical and insightful” (William Ury, coauthor of Getting to Yes) bestseller The Like Switch.

Unlike many other books on lie detection and behavioral analysis, this revolutionary guide reveals the FBI-developed practice of elicitation, the field-tested technique for encouraging people to provide information they would otherwise keep secret. Now you can learn this astonishing method directly from the expert who created this technique and pioneered it for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Program.

Filled with easy-to-follow, accessible lessons reinforced by fascinating stories of how to put these skills into action using natural human behaviors, The Truth Detector shows you all of the tips and techniques you need to gain someone’s trust and get liars to reveal the truth.

About Jack Schafer

John R. “Jack” Schafer, PhD, is a psychologist, professor, intelligence consultant, and former FBI Special Agent. Dr. Schafer spent fifteen years conducting counter-intelligence and counterterrorism investigations, and seven years as a behavioral analyst for the FBI’s National Security Division’s Behavioral Analysis Program. He developed spy recruitment techniques, interviewed terrorists, and trained agents in the art of interrogation and persuasion. Dr. Schafer contributes online pieces for Psychology Today Magazine, has authored/coauthored six books, and has published numerous articles in professional and popular journals. He is a professor with the School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice at Western Illinois University.

About Marvin Karlins

Marvin Karlins received his PhD in psychology from Princeton University and is currently Professor of Management at the University of South Florida’s College of Business Administration. Dr. Karlins consults internationally on issues of interpersonal effectiveness and has also authored twenty-four books, including two national bestsellers, What Every Body Is Saying and It’s a Jungle in There. He resides in Riverview, Florida, with his wife, Edyth, and daughter, Amber.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ell on September 11, 2020

I read The Like Switch by Jack Shafer and thoroughly enjoyed it. When I saw he had come out with another book, I eagerly got myself a copy. I’m glad I did! The Truth Detector:An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide for Getting People to Reveal the Truth details methods from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Program to......more

Goodreads review by Ben on June 19, 2021

This was an outstanding read. The best social engineering book I've read so far. An excellent companion read to Human Hacking: Win Friends, Influence People, and Leave Them Better Off for Having Met You. I found it really interesting how certain countries have strategies to steal information from pr......more

Goodreads review by Annie on October 26, 2024

It's an excellent book about social engineering. It's informative yet scary to know how easily someone can obtain bits of personal information collected slowly over time and use it.......more

Goodreads review by Randal on November 08, 2020

An excellent text on methods to get information from people, and techniques to help you determine if they are being truthful. Written by a former FBI agent, it's loaded with very easily readable information and real life examples The author's main technique is known as "elicitation", a method to get......more

Goodreads review by Sergiy on April 27, 2021

I'm sure most of us intuitively use many of the elicitation techniques described in the book. Anyway, it includes some helpful and actionable advices. It could have been an article, but the author decided to add some fluff and make it a book. You can easily skip paragraphs or even pages because it is......more

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