Ocular‐motor deception testing in civilly detained sexually violent persons: An alternative to post‐conviction sex offender polygraph testing?

Post‐conviction polygraph testing during sex offender (PCSOT) treatment is common. Ocular‐motor deception testing (ODT) uses measures of cognitive load to assess credibility. The accuracy of ODT for discriminating deceptive from truthful response patterns in sexually violent persons was evaluated. Participants chose to ‘steal’ a voucher of monetary value and try to ‘beat the machine,’ or leave the voucher and respond truthfully. Compensation was...