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I Know You Are Lying: Detecting Deception Through Statement Analysis Paperback – August 1, 2001

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Statement Analysis® is the process of analyzing a persons words to see if the person is being truthful or deceptive. There are usually several ways you can phrase a statement. People will word their statement based on all their knowledge. Therefore, their statement may include information they did not intend to share. I Know You Are Lying will show you what to look for in a verbal and written statement to determine if a person is telling the truth. The Statement Analysis techniques will also show you how to obtain additional information from a statement.

Also included is an analysis of eight high profile cases. An examination of these cases will help you review the Statement Analysis techniques, and it will show you who is being truthful and who is being deceptive in the following cases:

- The Oklahoma City Bombing
- The O.J. Simpson Murder Trial
- Sexual Molestation Allegations Against Michael Jackson
- The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The Lindbergh Kidnapping and the Trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann
- President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky Scandal
- The Murder of Marylin Sheppard
- The JonBenet Ramsey Murder

Whether you are conducting an interview or listening to a conversation, when you use the Statement Analysis techniques you will be able to determine who is being truthful and who is being deceptive.
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Mark McClish is a retired Deputy United States Marshal who spent 26 years in federal law enforcement. From 1991 - 1999, he taught interviewing techniques at the U.S. Marshals Service Training Academy which is located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. During his nine years teaching at the training academy he conducted his own research on how people respond to certain questions. He found that people will often lie in the same way. Likewise, people will tell the truth in a similar fashion. He calls his method for examining a person's words Statement Analysis®. He currently gives presentations on Statement Analysis throughout the United States and assists law enforcement personnel in analyzing a suspect's statement.

Other products created by Mark McClish and available on Amazon:

"Don't Be Deceived: The definitive book on detecting deception"
This book discusses how to use the Statement Analysis®, body language and handwriting analysis techniques to detect deception.

"10 Easy Ways To Spot A Liar"
Kindle E-book which details the best techniques of Statement Analysis®, body language and handwriting analysis.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Marpa Group Inc; 11/15/01 edition (August 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0967999820
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0967999821
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.1 ounces
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Mark McClish was in federal law enforcement for 26 years. He started his law enforcement career in 1983 with the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division where he was assigned to the White House. In 1985, he was hired by the U.S. Marshals Service and served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Springfield, Illinois. In 1990, Mr. McClish was promoted to an instructor position at the U.S. Marshals Service Training Academy located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia. In 1999, he left the Training Academy for an assignment in Greenville, North Carolina where he served for almost ten years as a Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal. In September 2009, he retired from the U.S. Marshals Service.

While assigned to the U.S. Marshals Service Training Academy, Mr. McClish was the lead instructor on interviewing techniques. During this time he researched how people respond to certain questions. He developed a system called Statement Analysis® which allows a person to detect deception in a verbal and written statement.

He currently gives presentations on Statement Analysis throughout the U.S. He has spoken at numerous law enforcement conferences and has trained a variety of law enforcement agencies and military organizations. He is the author of the book "I Know You Are Lying" the developer of the "Statement Analyzer" which is software that will analyze a statement for deception.

In addition to teaching interviewing techniques, Mr. McClish was also the lead defensive tactics instructor at the U.S. Marshals Service Training Academy. During this time he introduced to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center techniques to help a police officer survive a fight that ends up on the ground.

In 2000, he made the DVD "Ground Fighting Techniques for Law Enforcement Officers" which teaches anyone how to win an altercation on the ground.

Mr. McClish currently offers three products on Amazon's website:

"I Know You Are Lying" book

"Don't Be Deceived" book

"10 Easy Ways to Spot A Liar" Kindle E-Book

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Kevin R. Singh
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
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This is a phenomenal read. It shows a different approach to understanding how detectives use Statement Analysis to investigate.

The use of prior case studies was very helpful and detailed. The author definitely did their research and broke down how they use Statement Analysis to form their answer.

It is definitely a good read and I recommend you checking this one out!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Concise
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2008
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I first began to study Statement Analysis after the Susan Smith fiasco years ago. I have always been a person easily deceived by others, but was fascinated by human nature.

Mark McClish's book, "I Know You Are Lying" is, perhaps, the most simple and straightforward book I have read on Statement Analysis. The chapter break downs make the material very easy to understand, and the famous cases are real page turners. McClish has no agenda; no political stance; and seems to care little for what may be popular or not: he just analyzes statements.

What I found different with this book is his belief that people want to tell the truth. It has taken a few months to digest this. People, internally, don't want to lie, McClish explains, because of the stress it causes them. Having been trained to follow the interviewee's eyes, McClish has me much more focused on the words themselves, but here is the real key to the book:

Read it, re read it, and read it again. Memorize the principles. After awhile, it will become second nature. As this tool is developed in your mind, it will become easier and easier to spot deception, or more commonly, things people leave out.

A caveat: Solomon said that with much knowledge, comes sadness. It is true here. You will never listen to a political speech the same way again, which is a great place to train, but...

what of your friends and relatives? What about those, as Mark shows, who do not wish to give a full answer as to why they are not coming to your party? You will spot the fact that they are withholding information from you, and it may bring some sadness.

Also, you will listen carefully to your spouse and ESPECIALLY to your teenagers. My teens would get their friends to talk to me and I would be able to pick out the deception, which brought a good laugh (and still does), but what will you feel when you hear your own child being vague and deceptive? I live with that now, as it is a tool I am unable to shut down. For this reason, even co-workers can make me sad; as well as friends.

With much knowledge, comes heaviness of heart. Ain't that the truth!

Having said that, I love the book and would not trade the skill that I have sharpened in this volume for anything. There are other good works out there, but nothing seems to be as simplified and concise as this book.

If you are in law enforcement, or investigate child abuse, insurance fraud, welfare fraud, or in business where you need to know the truth; or if you are just a person fascinated by human nature, you will love this book.

January, 2009 Edit:

Since first reading this book (3 times) I have also taken Mr. McClish's online course, and purchased his software (availble here at Amazon.) His online course is an 8 hour course that brings together everything from the book and is an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to sharpen their skills. Statementanalysis dot com has the details, and as a companion to the book, it is of great value to those of us who, in our professions, need to recognize deception.

UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2009

I am on my 5th read of this book! I have also read many other works but find that I return to McClish's book repeatedly, as it is the clearest and most concise study offered. As I have practiced his techniques, I have developed the skill to analyze "on the fly", as his "red flag" training is something that has become part of my subconcious. I have also revisited the original workbook from the online course many times, and may not take the course again. Although I recommend other works, this text is, by far, the most user friendly.

Besides the simple format, it is a real page turner of fascinating cases.

***** Stars for clarity.

I highly recommend contacting the author and taking his online course. It is practical and "to the point". It is fascinating and has many practical samples to work from.
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cait
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2023
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Very well written with simple ideas and basic outlines. Love the detail in the stories provided for the main cases. Great buy! I wish the title wasn’t so abrasive lol I felt bad reading this around other. Good book to read alone
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BPKC
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent read
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2021
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Presented really well, great information. A little repetitive and contradictory in some parts.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Really interesting book. And very useful.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2020
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This book is a revelation and has been a refresher of the techniques and material of the Scientific Content Analysis (SCAN) course I attended some two decades ago. The book is written in a manner that easily describes the concepts and applications, that anyone can use. The best part for me, was the real case studies that helped see how it is applied but I was in the end finding other nuggets that were not mentioned in the assessment.

The book is easy to read and one, that I finished in just three 'sittings'... Great book for investigations, intelligence, risk, fraud and virtually any other field where the identification of deception is required. Looking forward to reading Mark McClure's other book now..."Don't be deceived"

I recommend this book - do yourself a favour
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Vince Matlick
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2023
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Nicole
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021
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Great writer, makes the material very easy to understand. I bought both this and Don’t be Deceived, and although similarities I was glad I bought both.
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pj
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Info
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2012
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I found out a lot about how to detect when someone is lying to you. Very interesting. I can now look back and review the reason for my hesitation in believing some of the things being said by an unscrupulous relative. It has made me feel a bit better about myself because I thought I was being unfair in doubting the seriousness of his so-called situation. OMG, I was right all along; it was a bunch of BULL. I could have saved $100's if not $1,000's of dollars if I had this knowledge at my fingertips a couple of years ago.
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Elvis
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book without flaws
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2020
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I was very surprised of how good this book is. Even trough it is publsihed in 2001 and does not contain any research studies whatsoever, it still fits with the today's research / narrative of deception detection.

What I find more intriguing is that the author goes out of his way to conduct his own investigations of popular cases (based on his premised about detecting deception). He even touches on cases where people were proven not guilty (which nobody does, hence, it is easy to write about deception detection when you know for a fact that it did happen).

It is the best book written about deception detection and statement analysis by far, and you clearly see that the author has put much more effort than others who write similar books.
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Hairy BongoBanger
5.0 out of 5 stars A great book 📖
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2019
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This book is great and I am happy with my purchase. Mark McClish’s book along with Peter Hyatt’s book and Steve Varnell’s book are the best resources for studying deception. A must read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Be Aware - do yourself a favor
Reviewed in Canada on May 3, 2016
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I have not read the book myself, so comments are by relay. The recipient had been waiting to read this for some time. It was her first e-book and she was not too sure how that would go. As it turns out she couldn't put down the iPad mini until the book was finished. It was "excellent and something every one should read... professional and well written". We have had some shocking experiences with dishonest and selfish type individuals. This and "The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout PhD have opened our eyes and improved our diligence.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2019
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I thought the way he described the analysis of how people are not telling the truth and explained how he new they were .
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