Polygraph Testing and Social Intolerance: A Warning to Examiners Outside of the United States

• Authors: Frank Horvath , Robert Peters

Abstracts

EN

The use of polygraph testing in the applicant screening process for law enforcement positions is widely accepted in the United States and elsewhere. Generally, that testing includes questions related to past behaviors such as involvement in criminal activity, use of illegal drugs, falsified background information, employment misconduct and so forth. More recently some have advocated that such testing ought to include questions related to ‘social intolerance.” In this paper we argue that testing for such ‘intolerance’ is highly objectionable and is likely to encourage efforts to prohibit polygraph testing, especially so outside of the United States.

Keywords

EN

Screening; Social Intolerance

• Publisher: Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego
• Journal: European Polygraph
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 1 (55)
• Pages: 11-16

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Frank Horvath

author

Robert Peters

References

• Nelson R. & Handler M. (2020), Practical polygraph: Interviewing and screening public-safety applicants for social intolerance. American Polygraph Association Magazine, 53 (4) July-August, 61–77.
• Peters R. & Horvath F. (2021), Social Intolerance: A Dangerous and Mistaken Approach to Polygraph Testing for Positions of Trust: Response to Nelson and Handler. American Polygraph Association Magazine, 54 (4), 40–52.
• Horvath F. (2020), A hundred years of Polygraphy: Some primary changes and related issues. European Polygraph, 14 (1–51), 30–43.
• Webb M. (2021), Letter to the editor received 10/21/2021. American Polygraph Association Magazine, 56, (6). 71–72.

Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/EP-2022-0001

Biblioteka Nauki

2131847