People lie
quite often. Moreover they usually do it in crucial
situations when it influence also other people's interests, including
field of security, politics, business and everyday life.
Because of it the possibility to determine if persons tell
truthfuly
or lie is very important in various situations.
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easy
manner for everyone who are interested on this theme and also some
juridical, psychological and psycho-physiological aspects explore in
more particularize way, with aim to suggest discussions with
specialists.
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Polygraph
examinations in criminal cases, civil cases and in private field are
carried out in Latvia since 1998. The results
of this
kind of forensic examinations there are used as evidences in
courts of Latvia, including in the Supreme court of the Republic of
Latvia.
The aim of the polygraph examinations
is to determine whether examinee
is lying or telling truth on certain action or situation, possibly
related with the person. Victims, witnesses or suspects in
criminal cases, or participants or witnesses in civil action can be
subject of polygraph examination.
Moreover with polygraph is possible to
determine whether examinee have some specific knowledge, that can
be
only if this person had been or have been related with certain activity
or situation. For example, certain knowledge about amount of thieved
money and
circumstances of the theft, or place where a dead body or
weapon of crime is hidden, etc.
Polygraph examinations are carried out only with consent of the
examinee.
There in Latvia only certified, high qualified
specialists
carry out these
examinations. They use standard equipment and
generally acknowledged,
scientific based, practical approbated methodology in these
examinations, considering legal
regulation and
code of
ethics.
There in Latvia polygraph examination is integrated with
psychologic investigation of the examinee.
These examinations are carried out in the Riga Phychiatric center,
Department of forensic psychiatric examinations (on the first stage,
below 20
th
department of the center).
Entrance is from Tvaika street as well as - just in the department - from
Aptiekas street.
