The polygraph, its use in cases of alleged sexual abuse: An exploratory study

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 993-1008

  Faller, Kathleen Coulborn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Polygraph; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE;

EID: 0030758912     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(97)00060-4     Document Type: Article

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