Alibi Testing Potential in Polygraphic Examination
- Issue date
- 2008
- Publisher
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Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM
- Source
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European Polygraph 2008, nr 1, s. 31-47.
- ISSN
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1898-5238
- Subjects
- Prawo; Psychologia
- Keywords
- polygraph examination; alibi
Abstract
"Elliot Aronson’s Social Psychology reads: “It would be good if there were an
infallible examination to establish whether someone is lying […]. The police
could ascertain whether the suspect’s claim that while the crime was being
committed he was eating a sandwich at home is true.”
The question of reliability of the alibi of those suspected of committing
a crime is frequently a problem for officers of law enforcement and
prosecution. In many cases, having that fact confirmed by the relatives of
the suspect is not convincing for the officer. Polygraph examination could
help to determine the actual whereabouts of a given person when the crime
was being committed."(...)
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