Trial by polygraph: Reconsidering the use of the guilty knowledge technique in court

Law and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 527-541

  Ben Shakhar, Gershon ^a   Bar Hillel, Maya ^a   Kremnitzer, Mordechai ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Daubert criteria; Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT); Polygraph

Indexed keywords

CONTROL QUESTION TECHNIQUE; COURT; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; GUILT; GUILTY KNOWLEDGE TEST; HUMAN; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; POLICE; REVIEW; CANADA; DECISION MAKING; FORENSIC MEDICINE; ISRAEL; LEGAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; CRIME; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JUDGMENT; LIE DETECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036779629     PISSN: 01477307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020204005730     Document Type: Review

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