An Investigation of the Guilty Knowledge Test Polygraph Examination

Journal of Criminal Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-14

  Staunton, Ciara ^a   Hammond, Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Deception; Deception detection; Gender; Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT); Psycho physiological measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993069626     PISSN: 20093829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20093829201100001     Document Type: Review

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