TY - JOUR
T1 - Trial by polygraph
T2 - Reconsidering the use of the guilty knowledge technique in court
AU - Ben-Shakhar, Gershon
AU - Bar-Hillel, Maya
AU - Kremnitzer, Mordechai
PY - 2002/10
Y1 - 2002/10
N2 - Polygraph test results are by and large ruled inadmissible evidence in criminal courts in the US, Canada, and Israel. This is well-conceived with regard to the dominant technique of polygraph interrogation, known as the Control Question Technique (CQT), because it indeed does not meet the required standards for admissible scientific evidence. However, a lesser known and rarely practiced technique, known as the Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT), is capable, if carefully administered, of meeting the recently set Daubert criteria. This paper describes the technique, and argues for considering its admissibility as evidence in criminal courts.
AB - Polygraph test results are by and large ruled inadmissible evidence in criminal courts in the US, Canada, and Israel. This is well-conceived with regard to the dominant technique of polygraph interrogation, known as the Control Question Technique (CQT), because it indeed does not meet the required standards for admissible scientific evidence. However, a lesser known and rarely practiced technique, known as the Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT), is capable, if carefully administered, of meeting the recently set Daubert criteria. This paper describes the technique, and argues for considering its admissibility as evidence in criminal courts.
KW - Daubert criteria
KW - Guilty Knowledge Test (GKT)
KW - Polygraph
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036779629&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1020204005730
DO - 10.1023/A:1020204005730
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C2 - 12412496
AN - SCOPUS:0036779629
SN - 0147-7307
VL - 26
SP - 527
EP - 541
JO - Law and Human Behavior
JF - Law and Human Behavior
IS - 5
ER -