 SEMINAR TOPIC

LIE DETECTOR

PRESENTED BY:
RAHUL KHARE
 WHAT IS LIE DETECTER
 Lie detectors are the instruments
that monitor a person’s reactions.
 Detect only the displacement in
deceptive behavior.
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
 WORKING OF LIE
DETECTORS

 RESPIRATORY RATE.
 BLOOD PRESSURE.
 GALVANIC SKIN RESISTANCE.
 ARM AND LEG MOVEMENTS.
PHYSIOLOGICAL
RESPONSES
 POLYGRAPH EXAMINERS
(PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIST)
FUNCTIONS
1. Setting up the polygraph and
preparing the subject being tested.
2. Asking questions.
3. Profiling the test subject.
4. Analyzing and evaluating test data.
 REQUIREMENTS
 Five years of investigative experience
and associative degree.
 Students must attend and pass a ten
week intensive course.
 Students must enter an internship
program and conduct a minimum of
25 exams for actual cases.
 ERRORS
 FALSE POSITIVE- the response of a
truthful person is determined to be
deceptive.
 FALSE NEGATIVE-the response of
deceptive person is determined to be
truthful.
COMMON COUNTERMEASURES
 The idea of counter measures is to
cause a certain reactions that will
skew the test’s result.
 Sedatives.
 Antiperspirant on finger tips.
 Tacks placed in shoes.
 Biting tongue ,lip or cheek.
 WHO USES
POLYGRAPHS?
 National security(central intelligence
agency,FBI,national security agency,ext).
 Criminal investigation.
 Pre employment screening.
 Internal affairs investigations of law
enforcements.
 Banks.
 SHORTCOMMINGS AND
COUNTERMEASURES
 PRESSURE ON THE SUBJECT.

 NO STANDARD PAPER FOR POLYGRAPH

EXAMINERS.

 COUNTERMEASURES.

 POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN ERRORS IS

ALWAYS THERE.
 CONCLUSION
 Testing the conductivity of the
human body.
 Testing the conductivity of objects.

 Determining whether a houseplant

needs watering.
 Determining whether a cake is

cooked.
 CONCLUSION CONTINUED

 ON THE BASIS OF MY STUDIED I

HAD CONCLUDED THAT THIS
MACHINE IS 70% CORRECT FOR
LIE DETECTING AND 100% FOR
OTHER PURPOSES.
THANK YOU ……. .