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Posted by George W. Maschke
 - Mar 21, 2009, 09:50 AM
I can think of a number of reasons why a law enforcement agency would be reluctant to disclose polygraph results in an on-going investigation. Yes, it is common for polygraph results to be reviewed by another polygrapher, but that usually doesn't take very long.

In any event, it would be foolhardy to allow the outcome of your daughter's polygraph "test" to determine your and her future. Polygraphy has no scientific basis. It's sheer pseudoscience -- in the same league as astrology and palm-reading. The polygraph can be useful as a prop in an interrogation, but it's nothing more than a prop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJvh0GFNUrE

If your daughter's step-father indeed took inappropriate pictures of her, then there should be some evidence for that. Polygraph chart readings are not evidence one way or the other.
Posted by katwoman41
 - Mar 21, 2009, 09:19 AM
Is is also standard practice to have others look at the results...a second opinion....that is what I was told is taking so long.....
Posted by katwoman41
 - Mar 21, 2009, 09:17 AM
Do you have any idea why they would wait so long to give me the results?  I am confused as to why this is taking so long....perhaps the wait is a way to control something that I am not aware of?  https://antipolygraph.org/yabbfiles/Smilies/evil.gifThis is a case of my daughter accusing her step dad of taking naked pictures of her.  She has a history of lying and is diagnosed with Conduct Disorder.  No one knows what to believe in this instance, thus the polygraph.  The outcome decides my future and hers.  I think it is cruel to leave me hanging so long with these results.....
Posted by George W. Maschke
 - Mar 21, 2009, 07:37 AM
It takes only minutes to score a polygraph chart, and it is standard operating procedure for polygraphers to score them before the examinee leaves the polygraph suite (and to promptly conduct a post-test interrogation if the charts are scored as "deception indicated"). If this polygraph was conducted by a law enforcement agency and your daughter was not subjected to a post-test interrogation, then that is a good indication that she either passed or at worst had an "inconclusive" outcome.
Posted by katwoman41
 - Mar 21, 2009, 07:28 AM
My daughter took a polygraph on Tuesday.  We still have not received the results.  How long does it take to get these results?  The test was for a sexual pandering case.