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Synopsis
The polygraph, often portrayed as a magic mind-reading machine, is still controversial among experts, who continue heated debates about its validity as a lie-detecting device. As the nation takes a fresh look at ways to enhance its security, can the polygraph be considered a useful tool?
The Polygraph and Lie Detection puts the polygraph itself to the test, reviewing and analyzing data about its use in criminal investigation, employment screening, and counter-intelligence.
The book looks at:
- The theory of how the polygraph works and evidence about how deceptiveness-and other psychological conditions-affect the physiological responses that the polygraph measures.
- Empirical evidence on the performance of the polygraph and the success of subjects' countermeasures.
- The actual use of the polygraph in the arena of national security, including its role in deterring threats to security.
The book addresses the difficulties of measuring polygraph accuracy, the usefulness of the technique for aiding interrogation and for deterrence, and includes potential alternatives-such as voice-stress analysis and brain measurement techniques.
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Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph, National Research Council
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- PublisherNational Academies Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0309086051
- ISBN 13 9780309086059
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages416
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National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2002
ISBN 10: 0309086051
ISBN 13: 9780309086059
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Condition: very good. Uncorr Proof Edition. First Printing. Quarto, 318, wraps, figures, references, appendices, no index in this Prepublication, Uncorrected Proof edition. The use of the polygraph in criminal investigation, employment screening, and counterintelligence. Topics covered include the theory of how the polygraph works and evidence about how deceptiveness, and other psychological conditions, affect the physiological responses that the polygraph measures; empirical evidence on the performance of the polygraph and the success of subjects' countermeasures; the use of the polygraph in the arena of national security, including its role in deterring threats to security; the difficulties of measuring polygraph accuracy, and the usefulness of the technique for aiding interrogation and for deterrence; potential alternatives, such as voice-stress analysis and brain measurement techniques. Seller Inventory # 53614
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