How to Pass a Polygraph

How to Pass a Polygraph
Author: James Murdoch
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2014-12-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781505615715

This book is a short, easy read that takes you by the hand, and guides you through the polygraph examination process. It cuts through all the fluff and gets directly into the information you need. It will destroy the intimidation factor by dissecting the polygraph from both a physiological and psychological standpoint, minus the unnecessary technical jargon. After reading this book, you will have the confidence, knowledge, and metal capacity to pass any polygraph exam, at any time

The Polygraph and Lie Detection

The Polygraph and Lie Detection
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2003-01-22
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0309084369

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.

How To Sting the Polygraph

How To Sting the Polygraph
Author: Doug Williams
Publisher: Polygraph.com
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2020-03-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781734751505

A step by step instruction manual on how to successfully pass a polygraph exam

The Lie Detectors

The Lie Detectors
Author: Ken Alder
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780803224599

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.

A Tremor In The Blood

A Tremor In The Blood
Author: David T. Lykken
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1998-03-21
Genre: Law
ISBN:

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.

Spy the Lie

Spy the Lie
Author: Philip Houston
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013-07-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1250029627

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.

Fundamentals of Polygraph Practice

Fundamentals of Polygraph Practice
Author: Donald Krapohl
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2015-07-09
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0128029250

Though polygraph has been the mainstay for government and police departments since World War II, it has undergone substantial transformation in recent years. Fundamentals of Polygraph Practice bridges the gap between the outmoded practices and today's validated testing and analysis protocols. The goal of this reference is to thoroughly and concisely describe the evidence-based practices of polygraphy. Coverage will include: psychophysiology, testing techniques, data collection, data analysis, ethics, polygraph law, alternate technologies and much more. This text addresses the foundational needs of polygraph students, and is written to be useful and accessible to attorneys, forensic scientists, consumers of polygraph services, and the general public. - Includes protocols and fundamentals of polygraph practice - Covers the history of lie detection, psychophysiology, data collection, techniques and testing, data analysis and much more - Authors are internationally recognized in the polygraph field

How to Read a Person Like a Book

How to Read a Person Like a Book
Author: Gerard I. Nierenberg
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781566194013

This unique program teaches listeners how to "decode" and reply to non-verbal signals from friends and business associates when those signals are often vague and thus frequenly ignored

When Elephants Weep

When Elephants Weep
Author: Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Publisher: Delta
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0307574202

This national bestseller exploring the complex emotional lives of animals was hailed as "a masterpiece" by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas and as "marvelous" by Jane Goodall. The popularity of When Elephants Weep has swept the nation, as author Jeffrey Masson appeared on Dateline NBC, Good Morning America, and was profiled in People for his ground-breaking and fascinating study. Not since Darwin's The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals has a book so thoroughly and effectively explored the full range of emotions that exist throughout the animal kingdom. From dancing squirrels to bashful gorillas to spiteful killer whales, Masson and coauthor Susan McCarthy bring forth fascinating anecdotes and illuminating insights that offer powerful proof of the existence of animal emotion. Chapters on love, joy, anger, fear, shame, compassion, and loneliness are framed by a provocative re-evaluation of how we treat animals, from hunting and eating them to scientific experimentation. Forming a complete and compelling picture of the inner lives of animals, When Elephants Weep assures that we will never look at animals in the same way again.