Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3584: Brock Turner's Mugshot, Duping Delight and Body Language (PHOTO)

This is Brock Turner's Mugshot - taken the night of his arrest. Glance at it for split second - what is your knee-jerk impression of the emotion you believe Turner is feeling? Don't think about it - just blurt it out.

Brock Turner was convicted of three sexual assault charges - although the former Stanford Swimming star was initially charged with five felonies: one count of raping an unconscious person, one count of raping an intoxicated person, two counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object and one count of assault while attempting to commit rape.

Despite these three felony convictions and a possibility of up to fourteen years in prison, Judge Aaron Persky gave Turner a sentence of only six months - and this will perhaps be shorter if Turner exhibits "good behavior".

Brock Turner's father, Dan Turner, wrote a letter to the court in which he said, "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life." His letter has drawn World Wide outrage.

Now look more carefully at this mugshot. What do you see? This is not a neutral facial expression. There is no sadness (although his conjunctiva [the whites of the eyes] are red, we cannot say the cause). There is no anger. There is no fear. There is, however, a very subtle smile. This is an example of a rudimentary nonverbal expression - what is termed, "Duping Delight"(Ekman), (some may call this a bit of a "Cheshire Cat smile" or a "Shit Eating Grin"). Brock Turner is having trouble suppressing, what for him is a form of joy (albeit a sick joy). Turner knows in this moment that he will not face the full force of the law. He knows that he has a significant advantage in the legal system. He's confident in this - and it's giving him a diabolical joy.


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Nonverbal Communication Analysis No. 3582: Brock Turner's Dad Draws Outrage of "20 Minutes of Action" - Lack of Empathy and No Remorse - Body Language (PHOTOS)

This is Brock Turner and his father Dan Turner. Brock Turner was Stanford University student and swimmer who raped an incapacitated, intoxicated, fully unconscious woman behind a dumpster on January 18, 2015. Two men caught him in the act and chased him down. They held him there until the police arrived.

Brock Turner was convicted of three sexual assault charges although he was initially charged with five different felonies: one count of raping an intoxicated person, one count of raping an unconscious person, one count of assault while attempting to commit rape as well as two counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object.

The maximum sentence he could have received was 14 years. Prosecutors recommended that he receive a six-year prison sentence - however Judge Aaron Persky gave him a 6 month sentence after saying, "A [longer] prison sentence would have a severe impact on him" and that "I think he will not be a danger to others".

In a letter to the Court, Dan Turner said his son Brock, “has never been violent to anyone including his actions on the night of January 17th 2015,” as well as, "That is a steep price to pay for 20 minutes of action out of his 20 plus years of life."

In the image above we can see the younger Turner with his eyelids opened wider than baseline, nostrils flared, his lips slightly pursed, his mid-face tightened - indicative of fear. And although this is a still image, the blurriness of his Adam's apple suggests movement and a hard swallow consistent with fear's dry mouth and throat.

Dan Turner has his head and neck rotated towards his son with his right eyebrow and forehead raised while his left brow and forehead are lowered. This nonverbal cluster indicates disbelief and incredulity.

Neither man in this image displays any nonverbal signs of empathy or remorse.

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