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

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 backgrou...

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Veröffentlicht in:European polygraph 2022-10, Vol.16 (1 (55)), p.11-16
Hauptverfasser: Horvath, Frank, Peters, Robert
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1898-5238
2380-0550
2380-0550
DOI:10.2478/ep-2022-0001