Time for these guys to take one?
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31/03/2015
Beating the Detector
"Anjana Ahuja asks if polygraphs - or lie detectors - should be used to monitor sex offenders in the UK, when it can reportedly take just five minutes to learn how to beat them.
After successful trials, where sex offenders made more disclosures after their use, legislation was brought in to implement polygraph testing for those with a high risk of reoffending. The tests are now being introduced nationally with members of the police undergoing polygraph training.
However, interpretation of the science is under dispute and, according to critics, the test is not only unreliable, but it can easily be beaten. Two of the United States' most notorious serial killers both passed polygraphs. Former US policeman Doug Williams, who has been teaching people how to beat the detector for decades, claims it can be done in just five minutes. He is currently awaiting trial in the United States accused, according to the FBI, of "training customers to lie and conceal crimes during polygraph examinations".
Science columnist for the Financial Times, Anjana Ahuja, argues that the introduction of polygraphs for sex offenders in the UK requires further ethical scrutiny and academic oversight.
The programme includes interviews with Doug Williams, psychologist Professor Chris French, polygraph historian Ken Alder, Jeremy Wescombe from the British Polygraph Association, Professor of forensic psychiatry Don Grubin, Professor of criminal justice Phil Rumney and DC Andrew Tinker from South Yorkshire Police, one of the first police forces to trial the use of polygraphs with sex offenders."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nvg7p
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Can a #liedetector tell you if a sex offender is fibbing? High5 to @ScienceNelson for producing my 1st @BBCRadio4 doc:31 March, R4, 9pm.
— Anjana Ahuja (@anjahuja) March 30, 2015
The col (£) behind my @BBCRadio4 doc 9pm 2nite on #liedetectors: Sorcery or science? http://t.co/qedFk1Fcm4 http://t.co/CZuiL2w3rw via @FT
— Anjana Ahuja (@anjahuja) March 31, 2015
“@JeremyTaylorNV: Use of polygraphs (lie detectors) in English justice system. Sounds like dangerous pseudo-science” https://t.co/87Rl5awIsR
— Doug Williams (@PolygraphCom) March 31, 2015
“@ScienceNelson: Beating the Detector with @anjahuja on @BBCRadio4 Should lie detectors be used on sex offenders?” https://t.co/87Rl5awIsR
— Doug Williams (@PolygraphCom) March 31, 2015
“@HelgaSpeck: @phil_rumney @ScienceNelson @anjahuja @BBCRadio4 And should they be used pre trial?” NO! A polygraph is not a "lie detector"!
— Doug Williams (@PolygraphCom) March 31, 2015
@PolygraphCom I thought that was a very fair programme - well put together. You made some excellent points.
— Prof. Phil Rumney (@phil_rumney) March 31, 2015
@PolygraphCom I thought that was a very fair programme - well put together. You made some excellent points.
— Prof. Phil Rumney (@phil_rumney) March 31, 2015
My next @BBCRadio4 production on tonight with @anjahuja Why are lie detectors used on sex offenders? Tonight at 9pm #beatingthedetector
— Sue Nelson (@ScienceNelson) March 31, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja The fundamental answer, is, that the authorities often like to get their 'foot in the door', on 'new' ..
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja ... technologies and ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja ... new legal regimes on this cohort, as it will almost never be challenged by anyone in influence.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja ... in this way, they can be adopted in statute etc, and then they are able to mission creep them, into
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja ... other areas of society. The evidence and scientific bases, are almost always tenuous or ...
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja emotionally-based - http://t.co/XL6Xy4gBIx
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
@ScienceNelson @BBCRadio4 @anjahuja TY, once again, as presenting a balanced challenge, to these attacks on all our freedoms.
— The OSC (@OSC_______P) April 1, 2015
*****Published on Mar 17, 2015
Man V Expert S01E02 HD
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