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Article: It's the truth: Lie detector use is on the wane
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 5, 1989
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Broad limits on the use of pre-employment lie detector tests
went into effect Dec. 27, but they made barely a ripple in the
applicant screening processes of most Chicago employers.
The end of the polygraph as a pre-employment screen had been
anticipated. A handful of states already limited the used of lie
detectors, and when President Reagan signed the bill in June it only
served to hasten the move away from the controversial tests.
A decade ago, about 85 percent of the billings at Chicago-based
John Reid & Associates came from polygraphs. Two years ago, it was
about half. Now, only about 15 percent of its revenues come from
administering lie detector tests, said President Joseph ...