Steve aka mdlbearMar 27
ProPublica

Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault
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A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a Salt Lake Tribune-ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.
https://www.propublica.org/article/utah-polygraphs-sexual-assault-law?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Utah Bans Polygraph Tests for Those Reporting Sexual Assault

A state legislator was moved to sponsor the bill — now signed into law — following a Salt Lake Tribune-ProPublica investigation that showed how polygraphs can retraumatize sexual abuse victims.

ProPublica
Mar 27 at 2:30pmWeb
Show threadGreg BellMar 27
@ProPublica polygraph is pseudoscience and should never be used for evaluating honesty
Show threadP_______XMar 27
@ferrix @ProPublica yup. its primary purpose is to elicit pressure on the interviewee.
Show threadGreg BellMar 27
@P__X @ProPublica I might suggest its effect is as a free-throw for the prosecution. If the suspect passes the poly oh well it's not perfect. If they fail it then they're obviously guilty.
Show threadP_______XMar 27

@ferrix @ProPublica yup, but here, the polygraph serves the defense. the test is like stand-your-ground laws it gives an egde to people who experience no remorse, have no empathy and thus no emotional responses to moral conundrums...i.e. sociopaths. just looking at some published data, the positive predictive value is 48% even in what I'd consider a non-representative cohort...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/288DEA187FE65B40A85FC0DEC5759305/S0007125000231607a.pdf/div-class-title-accuracy-and-utility-of-post-conviction-polygraph-testing-of-sex-offenders-div.pdf