Polygraphs and Sex Offenders: The truth is out there

Marshall, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4795-5392 and Thomas, Terry (2015) Polygraphs and Sex Offenders: The truth is out there. Probation Journal: the journal of community and criminal justice, 62 (2). ISSN 0264-5505

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Abstract

Polygraphs (or lie detectors) have been introduced into the UK for the first time despite continuing concerns about their reliability and the ways in which they will be deployed. The police are enabled to use them on a ‘voluntary’ basis and the probation service on a ‘mandatory’ basis if their use has been made a condition of post-custodial supervision. This article seeks to bring the polygraph story up to date and pose the questions that are still unanswered as the use of the polygraph begins

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2022 12:08
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Probation Journal: the journal of community and criminal justice by Sage.
Divisions:	Faculties > Arts and Humanities
Subject terms:	1602 Criminology
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/629114
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1177/0264550515571395
ISSN	0264-5505
e-ISSN	1741-3079

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