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Forum participant "Scared Probationer" recently had some questions about "control" or comparison questions used in post-conviction sex offender "testing" (PCSOT) and I thought it would be instructive to provide examples of such questions, as enumerated in some recent polygraph examiner training:
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PCSOT: Sample of Comparison Questions
1. (Caveat used) have you ever said anything that could cause your facilitators to question your honesty? 2. (Caveat used) have you ever said anything that could cause a group member to question your honesty? 3. Do you still want to engage in those sexual behaviors that you know are wrong? 4. Do you still want to engage in those sexual behaviors that you know are illegal? 5. (Caveat used) have you ever cheated on any test? 6. (Caveat used) have you ever cheated on any assessment? 7. (Caveat used) have you ever cheated on any state evaluation? 8. (Caveat used) have you ever lied on any assessment? 9. (Caveat used) have you ever lied on any state evaluation? 10. Do you currently consider yourself to be a high risk sex offender? 11. (Caveat used) have you had any (deviant) sexual thoughts about staff members? 12. (Caveat used) have you had any (deviant) sexual thoughts of any patients? 13. (Caveat used) have you concealed any contraband from staff? 14. (Caveat used) have you lied to get someone into trouble 15. (Caveat used) have you lied to embarrass someone? 16. (Caveat used) have you tried to portray yourself as someone you really aren’t? 17. (Caveat used) have you tried to portray yourself as something you really aren’t? 18. Do you think you would sexually re-offend ever if you knew you would not get caught? 19. Are you lying to me about the last time you touched your thingy while having a thought of a child? (not to be used in a T/F exam) 20. (Caveat used) have you lied to a peer in an effort to impress them? 21. (Caveat used) have you lied to a peer in an effort to scare them? 22. Have you failed to feel empathy for any of your victim(s)? 23. (Caveat used) have you lied to cover up for rude behavior? 24. (Caveat used) have you lied to cover up for bad behavior? 25. Do you currently know of any reason you would not qualify for supervised release? 26. If you were no longer on license, do you believe you would sexually reoffend? 27. Have you lied to your family about your offense? 28. Have you lied to your family about your license conditions? 29. Have you lied to your mother about anything since the start of your probation? 30. Do you still want to have sexual contact with girls under 18 years old? (not for T/F) 31. While in prison, did you ever betray another inmate? 32. (Caveat used) have you blamed someone else for a mistake you made? (T/F) 33. (Caveat used) have you sexualized any probation agent in a deviant way? 34. (Caveat used) have you lied to your loved ones about any issue when you had an obligation to tell the truth? 35. (Caveat used) have you lied to get someone in trouble? 36. (Caveat used) have you spread rumors to get someone in trouble? 37. Have you lied to any friends to get them to feel sorry for you 38. Have you lied to any family member to get them to feel sorry for you? 39. In the past 12 months, do you believe you have done anything that would make your family question your honesty? 40. In the past 12 months, do you believe you have done anything that would make your friends question your honesty? 41. In the past 12 months, do you believe you have done anything that would make your family question your integrity? 42. In the past 12 months, do you believe you have done anything that would make your friends question your integrity? 43. Are you lying to me about the last time you had a sexual thought of someone under the age of 18? (Not thought’s and fantasies ) 44. Do you have a history of lying to get people to feel sorry for you? 45. Do you have a history of lying to get people into trouble?
NOTE: Sexual Thought’s and fantasies testing are utility only testing.