NCJ Number
29422
Journal
JOURNAL OF POLYGRAPH SCIENCE Volume: 10 Issue: 3 Dated: (NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 1975)
Date Published
1975
Length
4 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF THE EIGHT RULES GOVERNING THE NATURE AND USE OF 'CONTROL' QUESTIONS USED TO DETERMINE AN INDIVIDUAL'S LYING' POLYGRAPH REACTION.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR INSISTS THAT 'KNOWN LIE' OR 'CONTROL' QUESTIONS MUST BE QUESTIONS TO WHICH WE CAN AUTOMATICALLY PRESUME THE PERSON IS LYING; MUST NOT CRIME QUESTIONS; MUST BE OF LESSER EMOTIONAL IMPACT THAN THE CRIME QUESTIONS; MUST BE GENERALLY-WORDED QUESTIONS; AND MUST BE QUESTIONS WHOSE MOTIVE BASICALLY MATCHES THE MOTIVE OF THE CRIME QUESTIONS THEY FOLLOW. IN ADDITION, THE REASON GIVEN TO THE PERSON FOR USING THE QUESTIONS MUST BE THOROUGHLY AND PROPERLY EXPLAINED DURING THE PRE-TEST INTERVIEW AND QUESTIONS MUST BE READ TO AND ANSWERED BY THE PERSON (IN THE PRE-TEST INTERVIEW) EXACTLY AS THEY WILL BE ASKED AND ANSWERED DURING THE TEST, AND CHOSEN AS CAREFULLY AS THE CRIME QUESTIONS.