The importance of the body language and the non-verbal signals in the courtroom in the criminal proceedings. The outline of the problem

• Authors: Agnieszka Gurbiel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This publication defines and characterizes the body language and tries to show its place and its role in the courtroom in the criminal proceedings. According to Albert Mehrabian - one of the first researchers of the body language - only 7% are affected by the words, 38% by the voice signals (the voice tone, the modulation) and 55% by the non-verbal signals. In view of the above fact it follows that the skills of the effective occurrence pay off so are the considerations in this context justified?

Keywords

EN

the body language; the courtroom; the criminal proceedings

• Publisher: Scientific Publishing House „DARWIN”
• Journal: World Scientific News
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 112
• Pages: 74-84

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Gurbiel

• Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Cracow, Poland

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