Gannon, Theresa A., Wood, Jane L., Pina, Afroditi, Vasquez, Eduardo A., Fraser, Iain M (2012) The evaluation of the mandatory polygraph pilot. Ministry of Justice Research Series, 69 pp. ISBN 978-1-84099-555-8. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:45656)
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Abstract
This report presents the findings from research commissioned to examine the impact of
mandatory polygraph testing for sexual offenders released on licence and under supervision
by probation staff in two regions in England. Mandatory polygraph testing for adult sexual
offenders began in April 2009 across the East and West Midlands probation regions. The use
of the polygraph in these pilot regions was facilitated under the auspices of the Offender
Management Act 2007, which allowed offender managers to insert a polygraph testing
condition into the licences of offenders released from sentences of 12 months or more for
a sexual offence.
The University of Kent was commissioned to evaluate the pilot from 1 April 2010. The
evaluation described in this report refers to 332 ‘polygraph offenders’ who received a first
polygraph test or who were released into the pilot areas since that date. Research was also
undertaken on 303 offenders in seven probation trusts from two ‘comparison regions’, where
licence supervision did not include polygraph testing (‘comparison offenders’).
The research period described in this report covers 1 April 2010 to 21 December 2011.
These dates enabled a sufficient throughput of sexual offenders to yield a representative
research sample.
Item Type: | Research report (external) |
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Depositing User: | Jane Wood |
Date Deposited: | 01 Dec 2014 17:39 UTC |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:18 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/45656 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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