A three-column book review by Edward J. Imwinkelried, law professor at the University of California, Davis, published in The Champion, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Vol. This chapter is replete with references the defense attorney will want to cite in his or her Daubert memorandum. It is the best starting point for research, and for that reason the text belongs on the shelf of any defense attorney who contemplates waging a polygraph war. It covers history, research, validity, test formats, test question formulation, stimulus tests, chart interpretations systems, conducting tests, countermeasures, testing sex offenders, and legal aspects. They provided material, made suggestions, and reviewed his drafts.
Every chapter is followed by the references cited.
This is particularly useful in his introduction to validity. His chapter is clearly written and well illustrated. His text puts physiological functions in the context of testing. He explains how these disorders will affect polygraph testing and the resulting charts. A discussion on psychopathy appears elsewhere in the text.