Scientific Validity of Polygraph Testing: A Research Review and Evaluation - Couverture souple

Office Of Technology Assessment; United States Congress

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1410210707 ISBN 13 : 9781410210708

Editeur : University Press of the Pacific, 2003

Synopsis

This technical memorandum presents the results of the Office of Technology Assessment's (OTA) review and assessment of the scientific evidence on the validity of polygraph testing. OTA has limited this technical memorandum to issues directly related to the scientific validity of the polygraph. OTA did not consider utility, privacy, constitutional, and ethical issues, among others that have been raised in the debate over polygraph testing. We first discuss the various types of polygraph testing procedures and ways in which the polygraph is used, and then summarize the judicial, legislative, and scientific controversy over polygraph testing validity. Next, we review and evaluate both prior reviews of the scientific research on polygraph validity and the individual research studies. Finally, we discuss the range of factors that may affect polygraph validity and the possibilities for future research, and present OTA's conclusions about the scientific evidence for current and proposed Federal Government polygraph use. In preparing this memorandum, OTA has drawn on research information available from a wide variety of sources, including the major Federal Government polygraph users, the American Polygraph Association, various private polygraph practitioners, and polygraph researchers both in the United States and abroad.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Press of the Pacific
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1410210707
• ISBN 13: 9781410210708
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible