Accuracy and utility of post-conviction polygraph testing of sex offenders.

The accuracy and utility of post conviction polygraph testing with sex offenders

Post-conviction sex offender polygraph examination: client-reported perceptions of utility and accuracy.

Post-conviction polygraph testing of adult sex offenders in treatment has been a somewhat controversial subject. This study (n = 95 participants who took 333 polygraph tests) explored how sexual offenders enrolled in outpatient treatment programs perceived their polygraph experience. Participants reported a relatively low incidence of false indications of both deception (22 of 333 tests) and tr...

Sex offender management using the polygraph: a critical review.

Reducing recidivism is a central goal in the treatment of sex offenders. In Europe, there is an increased interest in using the polygraph ("lie detector") as a tool in the treatment and risk assessment of convicted sex offenders. This interest originated from optimistic reports by American clinicians who argued that polygraph testing in the treatment of sex offenders is akin to urine analysis i...

Collaborative Multidisciplinary Teams and Polygraphs: One Protocol for Increasing Rehabilitative Integrity

This study compares the disclosure performance of sex offenders under two polygraph modalities: first, the traditional single examiner mode, and second the collaborative multidisciplinary team approach. Its asks whether under the team approach offender disclosure rates increase, thus enabling rehabilitative processes to operate more effectively and at the same time offer assurance of increased ...

Ethical practice in sex offender assessment: consideration of actuarial and polygraph methods.

The current generation of community protection laws represents a shift in priorities that may see the individual rights of sex offenders compromised for the goal of public safety. At the center of many judicial decisions under these laws are the risk assessment reports provided by mental health practitioners. The widespread enactment of laws allowing for additional sanctions for sex offenders, ...