Widespread use of polygraph tests should be adopted to better protect children and other victims from sex abusers, a leading forensic psychiatrist claims. The UK’s failure to use polygraph, or so-called lie-detector tests, is “misguided and irrational” and putting children at risk, he claims. Professor Don Grubin, who has helped train British police and probation…
What will Renee Ohlemacher’s polygraph reveal?
AUGUST 15, 2015, 10:35 PM|Police had long cleared Renee in the 2005 murders of her parents, but in a surprising move in 2012, a prosecutor working the case asked her to take a polygraph.
63 sex offenders back in jail after lie detector tests
Paedophiles and rapists are caught out breaking the terms of their release from prison after undergoing new polygraph tests, Ministry of Justice figures show Scores of the country’s worst sex offenders have been sent back to prison after taking lie-detector tests while on early release. In the past year, 492 people convicted of serious sex…
Sex offenders could face polygraph
Sex offenders could face polygraph testing as part of their licence conditions after research showed that those taking part in a pilot scheme were more likely to be truthful when talking to probation staff. Researchers from the University of Kent’s Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) found overwhelming evidence to suggest that…
Troy Davis’ Request to Take Polygraph Rejected
HIS EXECUTION IS JUST HOURS AWAY One more rejection for Troy Davis: Prison officials rebuffed his lawyers’ attempts this morning to have him take a polygraph test, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The decision makes his execution at 7pm EDT all the more likely, though furious efforts continue to win a reprieve. His lawyers filed another…
Police Chief Uses Polygraph to Spot Racists
HE’S TRYING TO KEEP THEM OFF THE FORCE USING LIE DETECTOR TEST A police chief hired to rebuild a tiny Tennessee department dismantled by scandal is using a lie-detector test to keep racists off his force. Coopertown Police Chief Shane Sullivan took over the department in November, becoming the 11th chief in as many years.…
Guy Applies for Cop Job, Admits to Underage Sex
NEWSER) – A Pennsylvania man is behind bars after allegedly telling state police he’d had sex with an underage girl. What’s unusual: He told them while applying for a job as a state trooper, the AP reports via the Patriot-News. Police say Joseph White, 29, made the admission during a polygraph pretest at the Meadville…
“No discrepancies” in Pak terror accused’s lie detector test
Aug 31, 2015, 06.02 PM IST NEW DELHI: No “discrepancies” have been found in polygraph (lie detection) test conducted on captured LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, involved in the August five Udhampur attack on a BSF bus that left two border guarding force personnel dead. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) received the report of the…