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Yes, gold stars for performance...lol. The parallel to elementary education performance evaluation is quite remarkable. One of the serious problems with present "lie detection" paradigms (aside from the obvious problem of not working) is the confusing of the diagnostic/forensic aspect of the test with the interrogator/adversary aspect(s) of the scenario. In addition to the obvious ethical conflict of interest of rewarding certain outcomes to the exclusion of other possible outcomes, by doing this sort of thing, a bad situation is made worse in another way. It is bad enough that the diagnostician is already playing advocate (interrogator) before he administers his exam (during the pre-test phase in which "themes" are being introduced), but if added to this mess is the consideration of possible rewarded behavior for certain outcomes, it becomes altogether unethical and further detracts (if possible) from the validity of the diagnostic aspect of the examination.
Dr. Richardson,
I believe you may not be giving Army CID its due credit. I believe the manual reads:
"Gold star recognition is used by QC personnel to recognize examiner efforts that result in the successful resolution of highly sensitive or complex issues. These include confessions, and in some cases NDI examinations..."
"and in some cases NDI examinations..." It looks to me that CID is simply trying to recognize hard work that has resulted in the resolution of a difficult case, regardless as to whether the examinee is DI or NDI. Obviously, CID is acting as a responsible, objective investigative agency which has a myrad of forensic applications at its disposal and is trying to reward its practioners anyway it can.
Remember, unlike your old FBI lab days, when a civilian lab worker such as yourself could receive a cash bonus for working above and beyond the call of duty, the army cannot give such bonuses to its soldiers.
So, instead, the army writes up examples of hard work/extrodinary dedication, and presents a "Gold Star" to the soldier who has gone beyond the call of duty. In some cases, he/she might even get a medal. It isn't money, but it's something.
Ever been in the military, Dr. Richardson?
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