Polygraph in Austria
- Issue date
- 2013
- Publisher
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Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM
- Source
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European Polygraph 2013, nr 2, s. 77-84.
- ISSN
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1898-5238
- Subjects
- Historia; Prawo; Psychologia
- Keywords
- Austria; criminal procedure; free consideration of evidence; principle against self-incrimination; prohibition of utilization
Abstract
"The legal classifi cation of polygraph use in Austrian criminal courts was established
almost 50 years ago. It was based on the permanent judiciary practice
of the Supreme Court from the 1960s on – that the use of polygraphs during
any part of a criminal procedure is not allowed. This article will provide
a short review of this practice of the Supreme Court, followed by a discussion
on the positions taken in the literature as well as general dogmatic considerations
about the rules laid out in the Austrian code of criminal procedure."(...)
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