It doesn t look like much, but the polygraph chair is a place of truth and consequences for many.CATHERINE KOHN/STAFF
Most of what we have known about sex offenders for many years was based on the reports from offenders themselves, research has revealed. But self-reporting rarely discloses the full extent of an offenderâs true sexual history. Polygraph testing began as a way to validate these self-reports and to ensure an offender was following treatment, if that had been mandated.
A federal probation report called âPolygraph Testing Leads to Better Understanding of Adult and Juvenile Sex Offendersâ offers a retrospective of the problem and the results of several studies. It explains that there was a major shift in how child molestation was viewed by society. Before the 1970s the sexual exploitation of children was rarely a subject that received any attention. There was almost no professional literature on the subject and frequently laws that were in place were not e
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