American Polygraph Association
The American Polygraph Association (or APA) was established in 1966 and includes 2,500 members in the polygraph field.
The stated goals of the APA are:
- Serving the cause of truth with integrity, objectivity and fairness to all persons
- Encouraging and supporting research, training and education to benefit members of the Association as well as those who support its purpose and by providing a forum for the presentation and exchange of information derived from such research, training and education
- Establishing and enforcing standards for admission to membership and continued membership in the Association
- Governing the conduct of members of the Association by requiring adherence to a Code of Ethics and a set of Standards and Principles of Practice [1]
APA members are proponents of the control question technique of polygraph admission,[2] which includes asking questions designed to gain a greater physiological response from innocent subjects being given a polygraph.[3]
Notes
- ↑ APA Mission Retrieved 10 June 2007
- ↑ Furedy, JJ (1988). "Validity of the Lie Detector". Criminal Justice and Behavior. American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology. 15 (2): 219–246. doi:10.1177/0093854888015002008. Unknown parameter
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