lie detection

As an interrogation aid and a tool for national security, is the polygraph worth the human cost? And is it ethical to teach polygraph countermeasures? Read More

As an interrogation aid and a tool for national security, is the polygraph worth the human cost? And is it ethical to teach polygraph countermeasures? Read More

Op-Ed: A former police detective talks deception detection—what he's learned from his years in the field (and in the interrogation room). Read More

Can law enforcement interrogation techniques lead to false confessions? A veteran federal criminal investigator says no. Read More

We're not nearly as good at spotting lies as we think we are...and that has grave consequences for our justice system. Read More

The Psychology of Lies: Behavioral Science Perspectives on Conducting Successful Interviews, Deception Detection, and Ferreting Out the Truth Read More

The April 2011 podcast of The American Private Investigator with your host, Paul Jaeb, opens with the API News Update with producer Mike McIntee. Next is a discussion with Judd Bank of CPI Investigations about the use of polygraph as an investigative tool. Judd is a former Read More

Before conducting an interview, the interviewer must understand the fundamentals of behavior as it relates to the act of lying.  During the interview, the interviewer must be concerned with whether or not an interviewee is telling the truth and accurately describing his or her Read More