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The truth machine : a social history of the lie detector / Geoffrey C. Bunn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bunn, G. C. (Geoffrey C.)
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered)
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lie detectors and detection--History.
- Lie detectors and detection.
- Lie detectors and detection--United States--History.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
- Summary:
- Bunn (psychology, Manchester Metropolitan U.) provides a social history of lie detectors and other truth-telling machines, uncovering the ways in which the mechanical determination of truth has manifested in popular culture and become embedded in our psyche. Ranging from the scientifically based to the fantastical, instances are organized within a larger history of criminology, the application of technology in criminal detection and the emergence of the expert (in both test administration and evasion), often providing interesting and entertaining insights regarding popular understanding of the time. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 "A thieves' quarter, a devils den": The Birth of Criminal Man 7
- Chapter 2 "A vast plain under a flaming sky": The Emergence of Criminology 30
- Chapter 3 "Supposing that Truth is a woman-what then?": The Enigma of Female Criminality 51
- Chapter 4 "Fearful errors lurk in our nuptial couches": The Critique of Criminal Anthropology 75
- Chapter 5 "To Classify and Analyze Emotional Persons": The Mistake of the Machines 94
- Chapter 6 "Some of the darndest lies you ever heard": Who Invented the Lie Detector? 116
- Chapter 7 "A trick of burlesque employed... against dishonesty": The Quest for Euphoric Security 134
- Chapter 8 "A bally hoo side show at the fair": The Spectacular Power of Expertise 154.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781421405308
- 9781421406510
- 142140530X
- 1421406519
- OCLC:
- 759050078
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