The Polygraph In Court [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, Robert J.

Contributor:

Miller, Allan L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evidence, Criminal--United States.

Law.

Lie detectors and detection--Law and legislation.

Local Subjects:

Evidence, Criminal--United States.

Law.

Lie detectors and detection--Law and legislation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 1973.

Summary:

Written for judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors and all members of the scientific community, this unique work becomes one of the first detailed legal-psychological- physiological polygraph correlations to attest to the efficacy and acute reliability of modern polygraphy. This text thoroughly covers the subject by unequivocally proving recording sensitivity of the polygraph technique; by case example revealing how polygraphy can eliminate costly and unnecessary trials while expediting existing litigation; and by medically refuting misconceptions reflecting upon the accuracy or the infallibil

Contents:

HALF TITLE: THE POLYGRAPH IN COURT; TITLE PAGE: THE POLYGRAPH IN COURT; FOREWORD; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; Chapter 1: WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT; Chapter 2: AN ARGUMENT FOR POLYGRAPH'S ADMISSIBILITY; Chapter 3: TRUTH VERIFICATION VS. OUTDATED PRECEDENT; Chapter 4: QUALIFYING THE POLYGRAPHIST IN COURT; Chapter 5: THAT JUSTICE MIGHT PREVAIL; Chapter 6: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS BEHIND EMOTION; Chapter 7: PHYSIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF AUTONOMIC ACTION; Chapter 8: POLYGRAPH'S GRAPHIC CORRELATIONS; Chapter 9: THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SUBJECT MOVEMENT

Chapter 10: AUTONOMIC CARDIOVASCULAR TRACINGSChapter 11: AUTONOMIC PNEUMOGRAPH TRACINGS; Chapter 12: GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE TRACINGS; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-398-08923-X

OCLC:

841916794