02745nam 2200577 a 450 991046388290332120200520144314.01-4214-0651-9(CKB)3170000000046498(EBL)3318596(OCoLC)823655162(SSID)ssj0000676192(PQKBManifestationID)11464425(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676192(PQKBWorkID)10676773(PQKB)10977171(MiAaPQ)EBC3318596(MdBmJHUP)muse16052(Au-PeEL)EBL3318596(CaPaEBR)ebr10611254(EXLCZ)99317000000004649820111027d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe truth machine[electronic resource] a social history of the lie detector /Geoffrey C. BunnBaltimore Johns Hopkins University Press20121 online resource (257 p.)Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technologyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4214-0530-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Introduction: Plotting the Hyperbola of Deception; Chapter 1 "A thieves' quarter, a devil's den": The Birth of Criminal Man; Chapter 2 "A vast plain under a flaming sky": The Emergence of Criminology; Chapter 3 "Supposing that Truth is a woman-what then?": The Enigma of Female Criminality; Chapter 4 "Fearful errors lurk in our nuptial couches": The Critique of Criminal Anthropology; Chapter 5 "To Classify and Analyze Emotional Persons": The Mistake of the Machines; Chapter 6 "Some of the darndest lies you ever heard": Who Invented the Lie Detector?Chapter 7 "A trick of burlesque employed . . . against dishonesty": The Quest for Euphoric SecurityChapter 8 "A bally hoo side show at the fair": The Spectacular Power of Expertise; Conclusion: The Hazards of the Will to Truth; Acknowledgments; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; ZJohns Hopkins Studies in the History of TechnologyLie detectors and detectionHistoryLie detectors and detectionUnited StatesHistoryElectronic books.Lie detectors and detectionHistory.Lie detectors and detectionHistory.363.25/4Bunn G. C(Geoffrey C.)991301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463882903321The truth machine2268445UNINA