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The American Polygraph Association (or APA) was established in 1966 and includes 2,500 members in the polygraph field.

The stated goals of the APA are:

  • Serving the cause of truth with integrity, objectivity and fairness to all persons
  • Encouraging and supporting research, training and education to benefit members of the Association as well as those who support its purpose and by providing a forum for the presentation and exchange of information derived from such research, training and education
  • Establishing and enforcing standards for admission to membership and continued membership in the Association
  • Governing the conduct of members of the Association by requiring adherence to a Code of Ethics and a set of Standards and Principles of Practice [1]

APA members are proponents of the control question technique of polygraph admission,[2] which includes asking questions designed to gain a greater physiological response from innocent subjects being given a polygraph.[3]

Notes

  1. APA Mission Retrieved 10 June 2007
  2. Furedy, JJ (1988). "Validity of the Lie Detector". Criminal Justice and Behavior. American Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology. 15 (2): 219–246. doi:10.1177/0093854888015002008. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. Bull, R (2004). "A review of the current scientific status and fields of application of Polygraphic Deception Detection". Final report (6 October 2004) from the BPS Working Party. British Psychological Society. Retrieved 2007-06-17. Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (help)

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