NCJ Number
220563
Journal
Polygraph Volume: 36 Issue: 3 Dated: 2007 Pages: 165-176
Date Published
2007
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This paper examines the value of the polygraph as evidence and the validity and reliability of polygraph testing in Poland.
Abstract
The polygraph is well founded in law, but common knowledge about examinations is poor. In a 2006 survey with a total of 436 respondents in Poland, judges, court curators, and law students provided divided opinions about the value of evidence from polygraph examinations in criminal procedures. Their evaluation of value as low was also reasonable if compared to other types of evidence in criminal cases such as fingerprints and eye witness testimony. The answers for another question regarding estimation of a chance of error for a polygraphist in a criminal case was 32.8 percent of magistrates, 43.5 percent of judges, and 31.4 to 44.5 percent of law students chose options. Tables, references