Essays on Polygraph

When people think of the word, “lie detector” it could be viewed in many ways. Sometimes a “lie detector” test could lead to someone going to jail, and it could be to perhaps a divorce, but are we trusting these machines a little too much?...

Detecting deception plays a crucial role in criminal investigations and has an important role in detection of untrue testimonies. Detection of deception is very important at interviewing the suspects, but also at the eyewitnesses and victims of a crime. Eyewitness testimonies are concerned with their...

The polygraph is a great tool many law officials use to infer deception, and is right 85 to 90 percent of the time, but too many times the polygraph has failed the innocent, causing them to be unrightfully convicted. Doing so, the polygraph is now...

The debate of whether police departments should administer polygraph tests to include or eliminate suspects is one that continues to elicit mixed reactions among different quarters. In particular, concerns over their reliability continue to incite heated debates in the judicial departments. Even though polygraphs were...

There are 4 main aspects of Voodoo science: pathological science, junk science, pseudoscience, fraudulent science. A polygraph falls under the category of pseudoscience. This is because it is based on the psychological manipulation of those under questioning, who are under the notion that a polygraph...