The Polygraph Test: Lies, Truth and Science - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0803981228 ISBN 13: 9780803981225

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1988

Riassunto

The polygraph lie detection test is currently at the centre of much controversy in both the UK and the US. The Polygraph Test - published by SAGE Publications in association with The British Psychological Society - is the most comprehensive account of issues surrounding the use of the test in criminal investigations, personal screening and security vetting. The book is organized in four parts to present the reader with the basic facts' of how the polygraph test does - and does not - work as well as the wider psychological and legal implications. Part One describes the test, analyses its accuracy, questions its use in psychometrics and considers its role in vetting, investigation and interrogation. Part Two asks questions absolutely fundamental to psychology: can truth and honesty - indeed, even emotion - be measured? Part Three looks at the polygraph test in practice and Part Four considers legal and civil rights issues with contributions from British and American lawyers and a British trade unionist. The Polygraph Test: Lies, Truth and Science will be essential reading to psychologists and students of psychology.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1988
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803981228
• ISBN 13: 9780803981225
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Redattore: Gale Anthony
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile