Category Archive for : ‘USING THE POLYGRAPH TO MANAGE SEX OFFENDERS AND OTHERS’

Newsday

When Andrew McDaniels, a convicted sex offender, was interviewed by a parole office inSeptember, he faced something new. The parole officer had a laptop computer receiving data fromskin sensors on McDaniels. When the parole officer noticed a blip, he asked more pointed questions.Soon, McDaniels acknowledged he had been around boys near upstate Watkins Glen. The parolee wasaccused of violating a condition of his release that requires him to stay away from children and heremains in Schuyler County Jail until a hearing this week. New York is the latest state to

New York Post

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that lie-detector tests can be used to ensuresex offenders are obeying probation and that a ban on Web use is appropriate for some offenders.The ruling pertained to Jeffrey Johnson, an aerospace engineer who had used the Web to conductsexually explicit conversations with children from 1995-1997. He received more than seven years inprison and three years’ probation after admitting to luring several kids to meetings and having sexwith two victims. He challenged the use of polygraph testing on constitutional grounds

According to Newsday, to a polygraph operator, quick heartbeat, sweat glands kicking in, increased blood pressure and adrenalin flowing are indicators that someone is being deceptive.  If that someone is a convicted sex offender, analyzing these signals can be a way of helping to teat and monitor the offender.  Requiring convicted sex offenders to take regular polygraphs, as a condition of probation or parole is part of the Containment Approach program.  It has been used successfully, mostly out west, for 20 years, but former Suffolk Police Officer Robert Mylott has