{"id":4115,"date":"2021-03-16T03:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2021-03-16T03:32:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:32:01","slug":"kyriakos-kotsoglou-on-polygraphs-in-the-british-legal-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/16\/kyriakos-kotsoglou-on-polygraphs-in-the-british-legal-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyriakos Kotsoglou on Polygraphs in the British Legal System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kyriakos-kotsoglou-twitter-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kyriakos-kotsoglou-twitter-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kyriakos-kotsoglou-twitter-profile.jpg 400w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kyriakos-kotsoglou-twitter-profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/kyriakos-kotsoglou-twitter-profile-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou (Twitter profile)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/excitedutterance.com\/listen\/2021\/2\/15\/102-kyriakos-kotsoglou\">episode 102<\/a> of the legal podcast Excited Utterance, Vanderbilt University law professor <a href=\"https:\/\/edwardcheng.com\">Edward K. Cheng<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edwardkcheng\">@edwardkcheng<\/a>) interviews Northumbria University senior lecturer in law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northumbria.ac.uk\/about-us\/our-staff\/k\/kyriakos-kotsoglou\/\">Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kyri_Kotsoglou\">@Kyri_Kotsoglou<\/a>) about the use of polygraphs in the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on Kotsoglou&#8217;s new article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/348356928_Zombie_Forensics_the_use_of_the_polygraph_and_the_integrity_of_the_criminal_justice_system_in_England_and_Wales\">&#8220;Zombie Forensics: the use of the polygraph and the integrity of the criminal justice system in England and Wales,&#8221;<\/a> <em>International Journal of Evidence and Proof<\/em>, 2021 (1): 16-35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/edward-k-cheng-twitter-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/edward-k-cheng-twitter-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/edward-k-cheng-twitter-profile.jpg 400w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/edward-k-cheng-twitter-profile-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/edward-k-cheng-twitter-profile-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Edward K. Cheng (Twitter profile)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Kotsoglou addresses the systemic problems associated with a justice system embracing such a pseudoscientific technique as polygraphy. His critique is of relevance for policymakers everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In episode 102 of the legal podcast Excited Utterance, Vanderbilt University law professor Edward K. Cheng (@edwardkcheng) interviews Northumbria University senior lecturer in law Kyriakos N. Kotsoglou (@Kyri_Kotsoglou) about the use of polygraphs in the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on Kotsoglou&#8217;s new article, &#8220;Zombie Forensics: the use of the polygraph and the integrity of &#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":[95,449,157,70,84,289],"class_list":{"0":"post-4115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-polygraph","7":"tag-admissibility","8":"tag-domestic-violence","9":"tag-pcsot","10":"tag-polygraph-screening","11":"tag-terrorism","12":"tag-uk","13":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115","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=4115"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4123,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions\/4123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}