Pioneering research from a team of forensic psychologists led by Professor Theresa Gannon and Dr Jane Wood into the increased disclosures made by sex offenders using polygraph testing will be adopted nationwide.
Agreed in the House of Commons on Tuesday 2 July 2013 – and to be considered by the House of Lords later this month – the legislation will mean polygraph testing of sex offenders, particularly high risk sex offenders, will be undertaken by probation staff across the UK.
Following a two year pilot polygraph scheme, researchers from the University of Kent’s Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) found overwhelming evidence to suggest that sex offenders supervised in the pilot polygraph scheme made more disclosures about their risk.
Find out what the investigators had to say about their findings in their press release.