Polygraph

Final Paper The intersections of Law and Psychology are contingent on the methods and instruments used to exercise and understand the fields. Crime causation, risk factors, research methods, and legal and non-legal actors all play a key role in the success or failure of the legal systems. Through the use of Bruce Sales’ and Daniel Krauss’ book, “The Psychology of Law,” and classroom lecture by Professor Weiner, I have furthered my understanding of these critical components that affect outcomes…

or older. Second, they must be a U.S. citizen with a valid Nebraska driver’s license. Third, they must be able to pass a background check with little to no convictions and small offences. This may include but not limited to drug screening and polygraph test. Prior drug use, DUI’s, crimes against children or women for example, domestic violence will automatically disqualify most applicants. Lastly, they must be able to pass a physical…

for lie detections test. We have used testimonial evidence for centuries even though sometimes they can be 0% accurate so why should we not use something that could have a high potential of reliability? When Paul Root Wolpe discussed conventional polygraph test, he stated that there are certain limitations but that there were ways to overcome them. Many of the studies that these additional detection test have been used on have been unsuccessful but that doesn’t mean that we should lose all hope.…

Realism isn’t producing reality rather it’s giving a sense of reality in way that is easy to relate and understand by the audiences. This all is attained by making sure that all the links between the content and elements are proper and also sounds reasonable, while following the basic laws of cause and effect. In other words, realism is defined by “the way it makes sense of the real, rather than by what it says the real consists of.” (Fiske, 1987, pg. 24). Television shows try to connect…

I conducted my interview with Ernest McBride. The interview was conducted on Friday, November 18, 2016 from 10:00am to 1:00pm. McBride is a seventy-eight year old African American male. He currently resides in Lakewood, C.A. with his wife of 50 years, Bobbie McBride. The three major issues to be addressed NAACP, membership, militaty life and racial inequality in the life of Ernest McBride. These situations will analyze his life using the macro Conflict Theory. McBride’s life will be…

African-American male was discovered in the same manner that the other victims prior was found. On June 3rd of 1981, law enforcement took Williams into custody for questioning where they also administered a polygraph examination which is also referred to as a lie detector test, after the failure of three polygraph examinations, Williams was again allowed to leave the custody of law enforcement officials but not before several forensic experts combed through…

Expectation of privacy at the work place has become more of a concern due to the vast expansion in the use of technology. Emails and Internet have made it more easily for employees to have access too reducing the cost of operating. Many companies have had some sort of electronic surveillance at all times on all of their employees, most are installed into the computers that they use to help monitor and make sure that everything is done and the routinely emails report to the person in charge to…

In his article, Dutelle (2008) details the subjective errors of omissions, false misrepresentation among other mistakes that are made knowingly or inadvertently by forensic investigators. The investigative processes involved in solving a criminal act possessing the presence of evidence through application of forensic science, he opines, can lead to wrong conclusion that has a ripple effect of wrong justice being meted out by the legal system on innocent individuals that relies on such. His…

In order for a place where more than two people live laws need to be establish, or anarchy is more likely to happen. Our country since it was found laws where put in place for this same purpose. However, since population has grown since the 1700’s hundreds not only new laws have been created, but how in who enforce them has also changed. The first agency created to keep the order in the land was the sheriff’s, and they have still countywide jurisdiction. The law enforcement executive chief…

He took a polygraph test in 1984 and passed it and was not considered a prime suspect. However, investigators had collected DNA evidence and compared them to strands of Ridgway’s hair that they had in police custody. The hair samples were a match. That evidence linked…