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Lie detection and profiling

Polygraph, profiling, behavioural analysis, interviewing, the psychology of the fraudster, manipulation and social engineering.

Fraudsters use psychological rather than technical mechanisms: fear, authority, urgency, guilt, care for loved ones, the promise of profit. Until a person understands the mechanism of pressure, knowing the technical signs barely helps.

The desk explains the method and its limits honestly: where behavioural analysis works, where it fails and why the profession needs standards.

Core theme

Why people agree even when something does not add up

  • Profilers and polygraph examiners
  • HR
  • Security services
  • Investigators
  • General readers

Section topics

Methods

  • Polygraph
  • Profiling
  • Behavioural analysis
  • Non-verbal signals
  • Interviewing
  • Behaviour analysis

Psychology of the threat

  • Psychology of the offender
  • Psychology of the fraudster
  • Manipulation
  • Social engineering
  • Lies and deception
  • Criminal psychology

Application

  • Personnel screening
  • Corporate security
  • Professional standards
  • Ethical limits

Questions this section answers

  • Which pressure techniques the schemes rely on
  • Why a victim keeps talking while sensing something is wrong
  • What a polygraph does and does not deliver
  • How to run personnel screening lawfully and correctly