Trial By Ordeal? Polygraph Testing In Australia
AbstractThe use of polygraphs in a variety of public and private applications including staff recruitment, police investigations, and insurance loss assessment procedures has focused attention upon the nature of these devises and the extent to which citizens rights to privacy are infringed by such testing. Efforts to introduce evidence of polygraph results in Australian courts raises questions about the scientific validity of polygraphs, and the admissibility of polygraph results under the rules of evidence. The compatibility of polygraphs with both the common law principals that underpin our justice system and Australian society in general is also called into question. |