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is
a device or an instrument
capable of recording changes in
blood pressure/pulse beats,
respiration, and galvanic-skin-
reflex or GSR as indicative of
emotional excitement, especially
of Lying when questioned.
DETECTION - is
the act of
discovering the existence or
presence of something
hidden or obscured.
Lying can be
accomplished either
by:
A. Ancient Methods
1. Red- Hot Iron Ordeal
2. Ordeal of the Balance
3. Boiling Water
4. Water Test Ordeal
5. The Smell Out Technique
6. The Sacred Ass Ordeal
7. Trial by Combat
8. Other Known common practices, such as
a. Rice chewing
b. Palm Reading
c. Card reading
d. Winnower & Scissor
e. Spirit of the glass
Itis a method of gathering and
knowing information from the
subject about the crime in dispute
employing the use of machine or
device, drugs or substances and
other accessory means.
The ancient method of detecting deception
was not based on any understanding of the
psychological principles underlying
deception; it relied on religious and
superstitious belief.
a. Investigation Report
b. Sworn statements of the subjects,
suspects and witnesses
c. Crime scene sketch
d. Other information relative to the
background of the suspect, criminal
records and those connected to the case.
Request through telephone may
be allowed only in cases of
emergency pending submission
of formal written request
together with the necessary
information to make a
determination as to the
propriety of polygraph
examination.
Fieldrequest sent through radio message
should state the nature of the case,
number of subjects and exact location of
the test.
As an illustration, a stranger on a
crossroad without any signs will not
know the right road to take in order
that he will reach his destination.
The same situation confronts the polygraph
examiner. Without marking of any kind, it is
impossible to evaluate the chart and arrive at
any conclusion.
CHART MARKING is very important part
of polygraph technique. The examiner
may have the best training, used the most
advance method and run miles of chart
tracing yet the value of his endeavor is
lost without proper chart markings. One
or two seconds that he is off on chart
marking can easily create
misinterpretation.
x/60/1.5 A - first markings of the examiner on
the chart
- NO answer to question
M - movement
C - coughing
N - noise
L - laugh
Y - yawn
BI - breathing instruction
IS - ink stop
Without chart marking it is
impossible to evaluate the chart
or to arrive at any conclusion.
The tracings have no meaning
unless you know what occurred
at each point throughout the
chart. The accuracy of the
result of polygraph test depends
on the competency of the
polygraph examiner and a well-
trained investigator.
RESPIRATORY BLOCK APPEARS AT
THE END OF THE INHALATION
DECREASES WITH CORNEAL DEHYDRA
HYDRATED CORNEUM DEHYDRATED CORNEUM
RESPONSE ONGOING RESPONSE
Double Saddle Response
Rise from the Baseline
Vertical Rise Point
Long Duration
Plunging of the tracing
Consistently Relatively Small
Irregular (Obese subject)
(described as
Ectopic)
Fluctuating Level of the Blood
Pressure Occurrence of Two Dicrotic Notches
(reflective of nervousness)
Slow Roller Coaster Shape
Pulse
Presence of burge amplitude to be Cuff Pressure is too Low
reduce by lowering the cuff pressure
There must be specific response.
To be specific, it must form a
deviation from the norm.
The specific responses must
appear in at least two (2) test
charts.
The best indication of deception is
the simultaneously specific in the
three (3) tracings of the chart.
Is that there must be specific
responses and the specific
responses must appear
consistently the same in
relevant questions in two or
more charts.
It must be simple and direct.
They must not involve legal
terminology, such as rape,
assault, murder killed. etc.
They must be answerable by
yes or no only and should be as
possible.
Their meaning must be clear and
phrase in a language the subject can
easily understand.
They must not be in the form of
accusation.
Questions must never contain
inference (opinion).
All questions must refer to one
offense only.
They must not contain inferences to
ones religion, race or belief.
Irrelevant Questions these questions are
formulated without any specific relationship
with the case under investigation. They are
assigned to established subjects physiological
norm and to reduce the excitement level
created by a relevant question, in this
question the examiner usually refer to dates,
names of place, subjects position, etc.
PURPOSE:
To compare the degree of reaction between
control and relevant question.
CHECK QUESTION last question asked in
the lie test, it is direct question that relates
to the fact that the subject has told the
truth to all questions asked in the lie test.
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