The Polygraph and Lie Detection

National Research Council, Committee to Review the Scientific Evidence on the Polygraph

Verlag: National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 2003

Beschreibung

398, figures, references, appendices, index, publisher's order form laid in. 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.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 44514

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Polygraph and Lie Detection
• Verlag: National Academy Press, Washington, DC
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
• Auflage: First? Edition. First? Printing.
• Zustand: very good
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Espionage
  • Law Enforcement