{"id":3615,"date":"2002-07-31T15:00:52","date_gmt":"2002-07-31T20:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2021-02-24T05:17:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T10:17:59","slug":"australia-lie-test-plan-to-stop-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/31\/australia-lie-test-plan-to-stop-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia: &#8220;Lie Test Plan to Stop Rape&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p>Tanya Giles <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20020810173240\/http:\/\/www.heraldsun.news.com.au\/printpage\/0,5481,4809274,00.html\">reports<\/a> in this article published by the Melbourne, Australia <em>Herald Sun.<\/em> Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>SEX offenders would be forced to take regular lie detector tests after their release from prison under a plan to stop them re-offending.<\/p><p>Police also would be given the power to use any information obtained from the hi-tech tests to launch new investigations and help victims.<\/p><p>The proposal, prepared by an FBI-trained forensic polygraph expert, is based on a program used in 36 US states and is being considered in Britain.<\/p><p>The [Victoria, Australia] State Government said it would consider any proposal by law enforcement agencies.<\/p><p>The Opposition promised to introduce the tests if elected.<\/p><p>Victims-of-crime support groups also backed the plan.<\/p><p>The expert behind the plan believes random lie detector tests would help stop pedophiles and rapists.<\/p><p>Steven Van Aperen, who regularly helps police on high-profile homicide cases, said polygraph testing had been shown to control the behaviour of sex offenders back in the community.<\/p><p>&#8220;The reality is, parole or probation officers cannot supervise sex offenders 24 hours a day,&#8221; he said.<\/p><p>&#8220;The advantage of polygraph surveillance is that it can regulate and control the behaviour of sex offenders. It acts as an artificial conscience.&#8221;<\/p><p>Under the US programs, sex offenders volunteer to sit lie detector tests every three to 12 months. The tests, which they pay for, are a condition of their parole.<\/p><p>If the parolee fails a test, they face further investigation, increased parole supervision and other sanctions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Because polygraph &#8220;tests&#8221; are easily beaten through the use of simple countermeasures that polygraphers cannot detect, reliance on any such screening program has the potential to shield and enable recidivists who understand <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/pubs.shtml\">&#8220;the lie behind the lie detector.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanya Giles reports in this article published by the Melbourne, Australia Herald Sun. Excerpt: SEX offenders would be forced to take regular lie detector tests after their release from prison under a plan to stop them re-offending. Police also would be given the power to use any information obtained from the hi-tech tests to launch &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[121,157],"class_list":{"0":"post-3615","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-australia","8":"tag-pcsot","9":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3616,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions\/3616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}