People lie
quite often. Moreover they usually do it in crucial
situations when it influence also other people's interests, including
in the
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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to explore some
juridical, psychological and psycho-physiological aspects 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 object of polygraph examination
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 may be
subjects of polygraph examination.
Moreover, with polygraph it is possible to
determine whether examinee have some specific information which is
related with certain activity
or situation. For example, certain knowledge about amount of stolen
money and
circumstances of the theft, or about the place where a dead body or
weapon of crime is hidden, etc.
Polygraph examination may be carried out only with consent of the
examinee.
Certified, high qualified
specialist
carries out these
examinations in Latvia, using standard equipment and
generally acknowledged,
scientific based, practical approbated methodology in these
examinations, considering legal
regulation and
code of
ethics.
There in Latvia polygraph examinations are sometimes integrated with
psychological-diagnostic examinations of the examinee.
