ABSTRACT
The original police reports are often helpful as well. Despite all the information, even when combined with the accounts given by the offender himself, people still probably obtain a trifling amount of the actual sexual fantasies and misdeeds of the overwhelming majority of the men. Indeed, extensive experiences over the long term, combined with anonymous surveys and empirical studies, bear out the maxim that the accused sexual offender is most often guilty. In fact, polygraph testing to monitor sexual offenders is required in thirty-two states in the US and is employed in over 80% of treatment and supervisory programs nation-wide. Also, polygraphs are often administered under widely differing conditions, in a variety of settings, utilizing a variable number of questions and administered or requested by a diverse group of personnel, including police, parole officers, and treatment providers. Perhaps the most crucial test of any assessment instrument, renders the polygraph, almost useless in most sexual offender cases.
