Polygraph in the United States

Uses, Techniques, and Reliability of Polygraph Testing

This section examines the Uses, Techniques, and Reliability of Polygraph Testing subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.

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Legal Topics.

lie detector

Further Reading (Articles)

Polygraphs and False Confessions in Chicago, Sunday Gazette-Mail; March 17, 2013; Eldeib, Duaa

Polygraph Testing and the DOE National Laboratories.(Department of Energy), Science; November 3, 2000; Aftergood, Steven

Polygraphs Can Lie; Federal Government Should Stop Using Them, Study Warns., Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; October 9, 2002

Polygraph, Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics; January 1, 2005

Polygraph Testing: A Utilitarian Tool, The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin; April 1, 2005; Warner, William J.

Polygraph results as court evidence, New Straits Times; April 9, 2000

Can Polygraphs Detect Spies?; Panel Says No, and Worries About Blemishing the Innocent, The Washington Post; October 9, 2002; Shankar Vedantam

Polygraph tests monitor young sex offenders, but raise civil rights issues.(The Dallas Morning News), Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; September 26, 2000; Housewright, Ed

Polygraph tests useful but limited, St. Joseph News-Press; February 3, 2002; KRISTI BAILEY

Polygraph tests could have been key in Shabazz case.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers), Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; May 2, 1995; Sweeney, Patrick

Polygraph Results Often in Question; CIA, FBI Defend Test’s Use in Probes, The Washington Post; May 1, 2006; Dan Eggen and Shankar Vedantam

Polygraph Study Fails,OTA Says;2-Year Test Project By Defense Dept. Is Summarized, The Washington Post; February 19, 1987; R. Jeffrey Smith

‘Polygraph Alone Won’t Prove Guilt’, Cape Times (South Africa); July 19, 2010

Polygraph uses body changes to detect lies., The Record (Stockton, CA); July 2, 2007

Polygraph Examination., Mondaq Business Briefing; August 27, 2008; Kenney, Martin

Polygraph evidence: winds of change?, Trial; December 1, 1997; Dripps, Donald A.

Polygraph evidence after United States v. Scheffer., Trial; June 1, 1998; Dripps, Donald A.

Polygraph Hypocrisy, The Washington Post; August 9, 2002; Alan P. Zelicoff

Polygraph test does not prove culpability; It will be taken into account if there’s other corroborative evidence.(Workplace), The Star (South Africa); October 20, 2010

Jurisprudential myopia: Polygraphs in the courtroom, Air Force Law Review; January 1, 1997; Mahoney, J Jeremiah vanNatta, Christopher C

Truth Serum Resources

See Also

Polygraphs

Nervous system overview; Polygraphs; Psychotropic drugs.

Further Reading (Articles)

Some Believe ‘Truth Serums’ Will Come Back, The Washington Post; November 20, 2006; David Brown – Washington Post Staff Writer

Analysis: Science behind truth serum, NPR Special; September 5, 2003; ALEX CHADWICK

Telling the Truth Isn’t Torture; but Should Terrorists Be Given Truth serums?(OPED), The Washington Times (Washington, DC); August 15, 2002; Cooper, Paulette

Using Truth Serum an Option in Probes, The Washington Times (Washington, DC); November 8, 2001; Murray, Frank J.

False hopes; Truth serums.(Do truth serums work?)(Brief Article), The Economist (US); January 11, 2003

VT. COURT TO ALLOW TRUTH-SERUM TAPE, The Boston Globe (Boston, MA); September 19, 1990; Associated Press

Indian Police Use ‘Truth Serum’ in Child Murder Cases, NPR All Things Considered; January 12, 2007; ROBERT SIEGEL

Truth or Dare? Terrorism and “Truth Serum” in the Post-9/11 World, Stanford Law Review; October 1, 2004; Odeshoo, Jason R.

Truth Serum Requested, The Washington Post; October 10, 1988; Thomas Heath

MUMBAI TERRORIST KASAB MAY NOT SPILL BEANS EVEN IF GIVEN TRUTH SERUM, Hindustan Times (New Delhi, India); December 6, 2008

Of Ethically Compromising Positions and Blatant Lies about ‘Truth Serum’, Indian Journal of Psychiatry; January 1, 2007; Kala, A.

COLORADO. ‘Truth Serum’ Approved for Aurora Suspect . DENVER — …[Derived Headline], Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; March 12, 2013

COLORADO. ‘Truth Serum’ Approved . DENVER — James Holmes, the …[Derived Headline], Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; March 12, 2013

Truth Serum on The Trail, The Washington Post; May 14, 2008; Robert J Samuelson

Truth Be Told? the Use of Truth Serum in Indian Law Enforcement, Kennedy School Review; January 1, 2010; Kaur, Mallika

Truth serum: on sodium pentothal, his secret comes out. (psychotherapy narrative), Harper’s Magazine; April 1, 1994; Cooper, Bernard

BATMAN KILLER TO GET TRUTH SERUM; Judge Orders Accused Drug Quiz, The Mirror (London, England); March 13, 2013; Shaw, Adrian

Batman Killer to Get Truth Serum, The Mirror (London, England); March 13, 2013; Shaw, Adrian

Truth Serum: Drugs; The soul stealers, New Pittsburgh Courier; September 1, 2001; Anonymous

Relief as truth serum hits home, The Irish Times; March 26, 2007; Tom Humphries