The CFN Journal
Articles detailing the intersection of Forensic Psychophysiology, Investigative Psychology and Cyber Psychology.
The King’s Speech 2026 proposes polygraph testing as a licence condition for state threat offenders under the National Security Bill. Dr Keith Ashcroft explains what this means for UK offender management and public protection.
Read ArticleA UK-focused guide to asset forfeiture polygraph examinations, hidden assets, financial disclosure, confiscation proceedings and professional credibility assessment by Dr Keith Ashcroft.
Read ArticleA professional guide for therapists and counsellors on helping clients prepare disclosure statements for therapeutic polygraph examination, including scope, timing, reporting and professional boundaries.
Read ArticleA practical, reassuring guide by Dr Keith Ashcroft explaining how to prepare for a polygraph examination, what to expect, and how to approach the process calmly and confidently.
Read ArticleA practical guide for polygraph examiners on choosing defensible prior probabilities in event-specific, screening, therapeutic, and risk-management examinations.
Read ArticleDr Keith Ashcroft explains Raymond Nelson's research on prior probabilities, Bayesian reasoning and multiple-issue polygraph screening, and what it means for structured risk-management decisions.
Read ArticleA professional guide by Dr Keith Ashcroft on disclosure polygraph examinations for compulsive sexual behaviour, relationship repair and recovery support.
Read ArticleHM Government extends polygraph testing for high-risk offenders on licence. What the policy change means for risk management, public protection, and probation supervision.
Read ArticleProfessional polygraph services for solicitors and barristers. Clear guidance on private instruction, legal limits, ethical safeguards, and UK criminal trial inadmissibility.
Read ArticleDr Keith Ashcroft explains why AI “hallucinations” are better understood as confabulations, and why this distinction matters for forensic, legal, cyber, and professional decision-making.
Read ArticleThe nocebo effect shows how fear, suggestion, and expectation can create real symptoms. Learn why this matters in forensic psychology, witness evidence, suspect interviews, and mass psychogenic illness.
Read ArticleA professional overview of deception detection in interviews, explaining why behavioural signs should be interpreted cautiously through baseline behaviour, verbal consistency, cognitive load, and clusters of indicators.
Read ArticleConfidential forensic polygraph support for UK solicitors and barristers in sexual offence cases. Structured credibility assessment, risk-informed decision-making, and family safeguarding guidance.
Read ArticleThe American Polygraph Association Standards of Practice provide a benchmark for professional, evidence-based polygraph examinations. Dr Keith Ashcroft explains what clients, solicitors and referring professionals should expect from a properly conducted assessment.
Read ArticleThe polygraph is often misunderstood as a simple lie detector. In forensic practice, its value lies in structured questioning, professional interpretation, and its ability to support disclosure in appropriate legal, clinical, and investigative contexts.
Read ArticleConcealed Information Testing and map-based polygraph questioning can sometimes help investigators identify hidden knowledge of a murder victim’s location.
Read ArticleHow Dr John J. Palmatier’s Preliminary Process Theory helps explain the role of attention, memory, salience, orienting response and question meaning in polygraph examinations.
Read ArticleA statistical pivot in psychophysiological detection of deception, offering a new framework for evaluating exam validity and minimizing false positives.
Read ArticleAnalyzing the cognitive dissonance and linguistic markers exhibited by employees prior to data exfiltration incidents. What should IT security teams look out for?
Read ArticleAn examination of post-event digital footprints and what they reveal about the subject's intent, premeditation, and state of mind leading up to the crisis event.
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Polygraph examinations, credibility assessment, technology, and forensic psychophysiology.
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