Anatomy of Lies: Notes of a Polygraph Examiner

Editor's recommendation Structured conversation, thorough logic, standardized questioning, refined analysis... Front-line lie detection practitioners analyze the thinking path of lie detection in the judicial field Psychological traces, inattentional blindness, false confessions, implanted memories... Vivid cases reveal the psychological aspects of polygraph detection Lie detection is a very important practice in criminal psychology in the judicial field. It is by no means simply relying on a polygraph to detect lies. On the contrary, the polygrapher's thinking path is the key to uncovering lies. By reading this book, you will not only understand a real lie detection process, but more importantly, you will understand how a professional polygraph examiner thinks. Introduction Psychological testing (lie detection) is a psychological technology with a history of more than 100 years. It is based on science and fairness, and has therefore become one of the important applications of criminal psychology in the current judicial field. The author of this book has dual advantages in theory and practice. He creatively combines a large number of cases to tell readers the basic thinking path of lie detection in current judicial practice. This book is also an exploratory monograph, which explores in detail the application of various criminal psychology theories and knowledge in case handling practice, and also introduces a large number of research results in the field of criminal psychology for explanation. While adhering to professionalism, this book does not lose interest and readability, and presents readers with the wonderful process of forensic polygraph workers peeling off cocoons to detect lies in practice. [About the author] Zhang Kun is a national second-level psychological counselor and holds a master's degree in criminal psychology from China University of Political Science and Law. After graduation, he joined the Beijing Procuratorate and has been working in the Beijing Procuratorate ever since. He has a professional technical qualification for psychological testing (polygraph detection) awarded by the Supreme People's Procuratorate and is engaged in polygraph identification work.