A tremor in the blood : uses and abuses of the lie detector /

A tremor in the blood : uses and abuses of the lie detector /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lykken, David Thoreson.
Edition:	[New ed.].
Imprint:	New York : Plenum Trade, ©1998.
Description:	xvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Lie detectors and detection. Lie detectors and detection.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3157161

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ISBN:	0306457822 9780306457821
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-325) and index.
Summary:	"The author presents case histories of persons whose lives have been blighted by our uniquely American faith in the myth of the lie detector. Dr. Lykken also explains how to "beat" the machine, not only because it is unfair that spies and Mafia soldiers already know these techniques, but also because innocent persons have nearly a 50:50 chance of failing lie detector tests unless they use appropriate countermeasures. Many state courts in the U.S. still admit lie detector tests into evidence under certain conditions - a practice that ensures the conviction of more innocent people every year." "Finally, Dr. Lykken reports on the results of recent surveys of informed scientific opinion about lie detection and presents another method of polygraphic interrogation that is designed to detect, not lies, but the presence of guilty knowledge. This method is scientifically credible and holds promise for future use in criminal investigation."--Jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Lykken, David Thoreson. Tremor in the blood. [New ed.]. New York : Plenum Trade, ©1998

Table of Contents:

Preface
Chapter 1. Prologue
Part I. Lie Detection: the Concept
Chapter 2. Mr. Reader Has a Chance to Prove His Innocence
Chapter 3. A Brief History of Lie Detection
Chapter 4. The Truth Verifier
Chapter 5. Evaluating the Evidence
Part II. Lie Detection: the Methods
Chapter 6. The Clinical Lie Test: the Examiner as "Lie Detector"
Chapter 7. The Relevant/Irrelevant (r/I) Test
Chapter 8. The Control Question Test (cqt)
Chapter 9. Three Different Versions of the Cqt
Chapter 10. Polygraph Screening Techniques
Chapter 11. Voice Stress Analysis
Chapter 12. Surveys of Scientific Opinion of the "Lie Detector"
Chapter 13. The Tools of Diogenes: an Overview
Part III. Lie Detection: the Applications
Chapter 14. Truth, Ltd.: the Polygrapher as Private Detective
Chapter 15. Preemployment Screening by the Fbi and Other Federal Agencies
Chapter 16. Honesty Testing: an Environmental Impact Assessment
Chapter 17. The Fourth Degree: Polygraphically Induced Confessions
Chapter 18. The Lie Detector and the Courts
Chapter 19. How to Beat the Lie Detector
Part IV. Detecting Guilty Knowledge
Chapter 20. Origins of the Guilty Knowledge Test
Chapter 21. Forensic Uses of the Guilty Knowledge Test
Notes and References
Index