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The truth machine [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of the lie detector / / Geoffrey C. Bunn



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Autore: Bunn G. C (Geoffrey C.) Visualizza persona
Titolo: The truth machine [[electronic resource] ] : a social history of the lie detector / / Geoffrey C. Bunn Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
Disciplina: 363.25/4
Soggetto topico: Lie detectors and detection - History
Lie detectors and detection - United States - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Z
Titolo autorizzato: The truth machine  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4214-0651-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463882903321
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Serie: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology