The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders: A Practitioner's Guide

by Editor: Daniel Wilcox (University of Birmingham, UK)

• ISBN13: 9780470743232
• ISBN10: 0470743239
• Copyright: 2011-07-01
• Publisher: Wiley
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Summary

The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders presents an in-depth examination of the contribution that polygraph testing can make to offender treatment programmes, with a particular focus on sexual offenders. Features coverage of a very timely issue - the British Psychological Society has convened a working party to assess the contribution of the polygraph to forensic work Potential for greater book demand with the Home Office's current consideration of research on polygraph testing with a view to increasing its usage Primary focus on sexual offenders