Even if polygraph tests are not accurate, the threat of a test can serve as a deterrent or as an interrogation tool to elicit admissions. Leonard Saxe is a professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and ...

A recent polygraph test taken in Orange County, Calif., has brought the validity of polygraphs — also called “lie detector tests” — into question. Even though some police departments and ...

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County Prosecutor’s Office has asked a judge to prevent Robert L. Moore’s attorneys from presenting evidence regarding a polygraph test a trial witness took in 2014. Moore, ...

Federal agencies have stepped up their efforts over the past few weeks to find potential leakers, and some — like the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense — are ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Police call lie detector tests an effective tool. However, one lawmaker doesn’t want police to use them on sex assault victims in Utah ever again, even if the victim wants it.

The head of a federal agency was reportedly given a polygraph test after an apparent news leak — even though such “lie detection” measures are considered junk science. As Politico reports, a lie ...

An honest man has a firm handshake and a steady gaze. A liar will avoid your eyes as he or she tells an untruth. Right? Not if you ask John Allen, a UA psychology professor. When it comes to telling ...

Alex Murdaugh failed a polygraph test administered as part of the plea agreement for the disgraced former attorney’s raft of financial crimes, violating the deal, which required his truthfulness, ...

Utah could soon ban government officials from asking alleged sexual assault victims to undergo a polygraph test — joining a growing list of states that bar the practice. Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt ...