1987 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 29-38
Laboratory and field researches on the psychophysiological detection of deception (PDD) in the criminal investigation are reviewed and evaluated in order to provide some informations on the usefulness of polygraph techniques. The history of lie detection and its scientific methodology to assess the various physiological measures in detecting deception were described. The present review also refers to the validity and the reliability of polygraph technique, which a general scientific acceptance would confirm it if more discrete and sophisticated considerations for PDD in criminal investigations and judicial proceedings were conducted.
