Scientists repudiated the technique, and judges banned its results from criminal trials, but in a few years their polygraph had transformed police work, seized headlines, and enthralled the nation.ø In this book, Alder explains why America ...

The book addresses the difficulties of measuring polygraph accuracy, the usefulness of the technique for aiding interrogation and for deterrence, and includes potential alternativesâ€"such as voice-stress analysis and brain measurement ...

Split the Pie allows both sides to focus their energy on making the biggest possible pie—to have your pie and eat it too.

... failed a lie detector test when I told the truth? We rode back to Downey in silence. When we got there, Morgan said, “You go home and think about this tonight. We'll talk to the chief tomorrow.” It was the most miserable night of my ...

... told the truth and the machine said I lied? As people got word that I was going through FBI testing, many made it a ... polygraph. I don't know what happened in those cases but I was told by FBI agents in Huntsville that you can't fail a ...

Three former CIA officers--the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior--share their techniques for spotting a lie with thrilling anecdotes from the authors' careers in counterintelligence.

... did he or she remember but fail to write down? For the persons who say, “I have told ... polygraph exam. In my practice I have rarely seen addicts fail a second exam ... truth. The belief that they may lose their relationship if they are candid ...

... fail polygraph examinations even though they tell the truth . Conversely , poorly socialized people are more likely to " pass " a polygraph ex- amination whether they tell the truth or not . ( Id . , p . 17 ) . According to Dr. Lykken ...