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

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 188, Issue MAY, 2006, Pages 479-483

  Grubin, Don ^a   Madsen, Lars ^a  

^a ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NEUROSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX OFFENSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33646536569     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.105.008953     Document Type: Article

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