Forensic Polygraphy

• Examiners

• Agencies, Employees Spar Over Lie Detector Tests  - Includes criticism of polygraphs, issues, limitations, and debate about the accuracy of the tests and about whether federal agencies should use it.
• AntiPolygraph.org  - Seeks to abolish polygraph and shows polygraph screening is invalid and is dangerous to national security.
• How Lie Detectors Work  - Details the polygraph, an instrument that monitors a person's physiological reactions and detects whether deceptive behavior is displayed.
• Journal of Credibility Assessment and Witness Psychology  - Scientific journal publishes original empirical, review, and theoretical work on credibility assessment and witness psychology.
• Passing the Polygraph  - Shows that combination of simple breathing techniques, muscle tightening, tongue-gnawing and tacks in the socks confuses polygraph test results.
• Polygraph Law Resource  - Resource contains issues in the Supreme Court of the United States, appeals' decisions on the polygraph, and papers.
• Polygraph Place  - Contains listing of polygraph examiner and information on polygraph associations, schools, equipments, software and insurances.
• Polygraph Policy  - Testing for intelligence community to screen employees and for investigation of unauthorized disclosures.
• Polygraphs - Worse Than Worthless  - States that polygraph testing as currently used has extremely serious limitations.
• Scientists Give the Lie to Polygraph Testing  - Article discussing about the dubiousness of polygraph testing. Full version requires purchase.
• The Truth About the Polygraph  - Article detailing how an information leak urged the US government to impose polygraph testing on the personnel of an R&D weapons facility.
• Use of the Polygraph in Security Clearance Determinations  - Publication discusses the use of polygraph in security clearance investigations.
• Using the Polygraph to Detect Lying and Deception - The Hoax of the Century  - Paper discusses polygraph technique and uses, and possible tool to detect deception and guilty knowledge.