[PDF] The Lie Detectors eBook

Author : Ken Alder
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 31,22 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803224599

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In this fascinating history of the lie detector, Ken Alder exposes some persistent truths about our culture: why we long to know the secret thoughts of our fellow citizens; why we believe in popular science; and why we embrace ?truthiness.? For centuries people searched in vain for a way to unmask liars, seeking clues in the body?s outward signs: in blushing cheeks and shifty eyes. Not until the 1920s did a cop with a PhD team up with an entrepreneurial high school student and claim to have invented a foolproof machine capable of peering directly into the human heart. Scientists repudiated the technique, and judges banned its results from criminal trials, but in a few years their polygraph had transformed police work, seized headlines, and enthralled the nation.ø In this book, Alder explains why America?and only America?has embraced this mechanical method of reading the human soul. Over the course of the twentieth century, the lie detector became integral to our justice system, employment markets, and national security apparatus, transforming each into a game of bluff and bluster. The lie detector device may not reliably read the human mind, but this lively account shows that the instrument?s history offers a unique window into the American soul.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 10,32 MB
Release : 2003-02-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309263921

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The polygraph, often portrayed as a magic mind-reading machine, is still controversial among experts, who continue heated debates about its validity as a lie-detecting device. As the nation takes a fresh look at ways to enhance its security, can the polygraph be considered a useful tool? The Polygraph and Lie Detection puts the polygraph itself to the test, reviewing and analyzing data about its use in criminal investigation, employment screening, and counter-intelligence. The book looks at: The theory of how the polygraph works and evidence about how deceptivenessâ€"and other psychological conditionsâ€"affect the physiological responses that the polygraph measures. Empirical evidence on the performance of the polygraph and the success of subjects' countermeasures. The actual use of the polygraph in the arena of national security, including its role in deterring threats to security. The book addresses the difficulties of measuring polygraph accuracy, the usefulness of the technique for aiding interrogation and for deterrence, and includes potential alternativesâ€"such as voice-stress analysis and brain measurement techniques.

Author : Geoffrey C. Bunn
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2012-06
Category : History
ISBN : 142140530X

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For centuries, all manner of truth-seekers have used the lie detector. In this eye-opening book, Geoffrey C Bunn unpacks the history of this device and explores the interesting and often surprising connection between technology and popular culture.

Author : Philip Houston
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,91 MB
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1250029627

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Three former CIA officers--the world's foremost authorities on recognizing deceptive behavior--share their techniques for spotting a lie with thrilling anecdotes from the authors' careers in counterintelligence.

Author : Vanessa Van Edwards
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,33 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Body language
ISBN : 9781482040234

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"Do you want to know when someone is lying to you? In this book, you will learn both body language and lie detection. In a ten minute conversation you are likely to be lied to two to three times. Learn how to spot those lies. If you have ever interacted with another person, this book will be useful to you because our everyday interactions are filled with secret nonverbal cues just waiting to be uncovered. Whether you are a business owner, parent, spouse, employee, human resources director, teacher or student, this book will change the way you interact with those around you"--Amazon.com.

Author : Andrew Balmer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 17,6 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 1317518403

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This book develops a sociological account of lie detection practices and uses this to think about lying more generally. Bringing together insights from sociology, social history, socio-legal studies and science and technology studies (STS), it explores how torture and technology have been used to try to discern the truth. It examines a variety of socio-legal practices, including trial by ordeal in Europe, the American criminal jury trial, police interrogations using the polygraph machine, and the post-conviction management of sex offenders in the USA and the UK. Moving across these different contexts, it articulates how uncertainties in the use of lie detection technologies are managed, and the complex roles they play in legal spaces. Alongside this story, the book surveys some of the different ways in which lying is understood in philosophy, law and social order. Lie Detection and the Law will be of interest to STS researchers, socio-legal scholars, criminologists and sociologists, as well as others working at the intersections of law and science.

Author : Melissa M. Littlefield
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 10,55 MB
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0472071483

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A cultural history of deception detection from science to science fiction

Author : James Allan Matté
Publisher : J.A.M. Publications
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 46,63 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780965579407

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Carefully and succinctly explores polygraph law, history, and science. For related material, see Hein Item #327060.