Bennett's Guide to Jury Selection and Trial Dynamics: California Criminal Litigation

Dimitrius, Jo-Ellan

Bennett, Cathy E

Hirschhorn, Robert B.

Criminal Law

West Pub. Co.

America's top jury consultant, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, can literally read a person like a book. By decoding the hidden messages in appearance, tone of voice, facial expression, and personal habit, she has accurately predicted the behavior of jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and judges in some of the most celebrated trials of the past two decades. Now in this phenomenal new book, she applies the secrets of her extraordinary success to the everyday situations we all face at work, at home, and in relationships. How can you "hear between the lines" to detect a lie? When is intuition the best guide to making important decisions? What are the tell-tale signs of romantic attraction? How do other people "read" us? The answers lie closer than we might think. Hair style, clothing, grooming, hand gestures, the neatness of office or living room, the steadiness of the gaze, behavior around subordinates: all of these provide critical clues to a person's integrity, work habits, and sexual interests. Through vivid anecdotes and proven techniques, Dimitrius teaches us how to interpret these signs with accuracy and precision. Whether your focus is friendship or marriage, career or family, romance or professional success, Reading People gives you the skills you need to make sound, swift decisions and reap the benefits from a lifetime of razor-sharp insight.

Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior- -Anytime, Anyplace

Mazzarella, Mark C.

Parenting & Relationships

Ballantine Books

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Your eyes will be opened as mine have been by these tips from America’s leading people-readers.”—Chris Matthews How can you “hear between the lines” to detect a lie? When is intuition the best guide to making important decisions? What are the tell-tale signs of romantic attraction? Jo-Ellan Dimitrius—America’s leading behavioral expert—shows us how to spot the critical clues to a person’s integrity, work habits, and sexual interests, and to interpret these signs with accuracy and precision. In this phenomenal guide—now revised and updated—Dimitrius shows us how to read a person like a book. By decoding the hidden messages in appearance, tone of voice, facial expression, and personal habits, she applies the secrets of her extraordinary courtroom success to the everyday situations we all face at work, at home, and in relationships. New material includes: • How to read people in the age of terror: what to watch for during air travel and trips abroad, and vital information regarding student behaviors in the Columbine High School and Virginia Tech shootings • What to look for on the Internet: how to decipher behavioral patterns found in and altered by e-mail, text and instant messaging, and on sites like MySpace • Facts on body language and health: how chronic illnesses such as Asperger syndrome and Parkinson’s disease influence the way people are perceived, and essential tips on how to counter these misperceptions • Fascinating new case studies: how body-reading techniques impacted jury selection and verdicts in major trial battles, including the Enron case Whether your focus is friendship or marriage, career or family, romance or professional success, Reading People gives you the skills you need to make sound, swift decisions and reap the benefits of razor-sharp insight.

Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior--Anytime, Anyplace

Mazzarella, Wendy Patrick

Did you know that when you walk into a room, everything about you--from what you're wearing to the way you sit to the way you speak--says something about you? Do you realize that as you're taking stock of someone, he or she is also taking stock of you? For fifteen years, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius, America's best-known jury consultant--made even more famous by her work on the O. J. Simpson trial--has predicted the behavior of thousands of jurors, witnesses, lawyers, and judges. In Reading People, she applies her amazing skills to everyday life, explaining which visual and oral clues can reliably predict behavior on the job, in relationships, and at home. In Reading People, you'll learn ¸ how to tell a person's sincerity by the tone of his or her voice ¸ how to know if your date is interested in a serious relationship without telegraphing the answer you want ¸ how to use your intuition to determine the right preschool for your child ¸ why people who volunteer information about themselves are less credible than those who wait for you to ask questions ¸ how to stay objective when evaluating a potential boss--even if you need the job desperately ¸ how to make snap decisions that make sense Reading People is a remarkable book that not only tells you which clues to look for but also teaches you how to be more effective in spotting them, how to keep your objectivity when evaluating them, and how to see the emerging pattern that tells you which of a person's sometimes inconsistent qualities will dictate his or her behavior. In Reading People, you'll learn how to sharpen your intuition and avoid the pitfalls that lead to bad decisions. Even more important, you can become a better parent, friend, employee, or spouse by recognizing the subtle messages of those around you and being more responsive to them. Reading People will teach you skills that last a lifetime.

Reading People: How to Understand People and Predict Their Behavior - Anytime, Anyplace

Self-Help

Relationships

Random House]

Describes how one's appearance, body language, and voice create an impression on others, and offers advice for using these characteristics to construct the best possible impression.

Put Your Best Foot Forward: The Impression Management Way

Mazzarella, Mark

Motivational

Sound Ideas

Time-tested advice on projecting a positive image in any situation -- from the Internet to an interview -- drawn from scientific and popular literature about the clues people use to judge others In Put Your Best Foot Forward, two experts in "people reading" identify the four qualities -- trustworthiness, caring, humility, and capability -- that form the foundation of every great impression. They explain how to convey these vital qualities through personal appearance, body language, voice, and actions, and reveal how particular environments affect the impression one makes. With hands-on tips and advice, they teach readers how to accentuate their positive traits and eliminate negative ones. The "Impression Management" techniques you will learn in this book have been garnered from over 10,000 interviews and employed successfully by people from every walk of life, ranging from leaders of Fortune 500 companies to lawyers and other professionals and to business people at every rung of the corporate ladder and individuals who want to enhance their personal relationships. For anyone who wants (or needs) to enhance the way he or she is perceived by others -- from executives to students, nervous suitors to chat room visitors -- Put Your Best Foot Forward is the place to start.

Put Your Best Foot Forward: Make a Great Impression by Taking Control of How Others See You

Business & Money

Job Hunting & Careers

Scribner

This book details the painful, torturous, and often unbelievable turn of events in the McMartin sexual molestation case. It offers a critical window on Salem by the Sea, revealing how civil society and the criminal justice system have mindlessly and brutally dealt with young children, their parents, defendants, and their families under the guise of pursuing justice and equity.

Anatomy of the McMartin Child Molestation Case

History

Krooth, Richard

Fukurai, Hiroshi

Butler, Edgar W.

Americas

University Press of America

Conozca las claves del lenguaje no verbal. Sepa qué piensan y sienten otras personas basándose en lo que le dice de ellas su apariencia física, su modo de vestir y su conducta. El modo de andar, de mirar, de moverse, de vestir, nos da tanta información sobre una persona como su curriculum o lo que esta nos diga sobre sí mis

A primera vista/ Reading People: Un Metodo Para Leer El Comportamiento No Verbal/ a Practice Method on How to Read People (Spanish Edition)

Urano

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