Truth Machine - A Social History of the Lie Detector

Informationen zum Autor Geoffrey C. Bunn is a senior lecturer in psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University and coeditor of Psychology in Britain: Historical Essays and Personal Reflections . Klappentext He examines how the machine emerged as a technology of truth, transporting readers back to the obscure origins of criminology itself, ultimately concluding that the lie detector owes as much to popular culture as it does to factual science. Zusammenfassung He examines how the machine emerged as a technology of truth! transporting readers back to the obscure origins of criminology itself! ultimately concluding that the lie detector owes as much to popular culture as it does to factual science.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: G. C. Bunn, Geoffrey C Bunn, Geoffrey C. Bunn, Geoffrey C. (Manchester Metropolitan Univers Bunn, Geoffrey C. (Manchester Metropolitan University) Bunn
• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.07.2012
• EAN: 9781421405308
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-0530-8
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology; Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology; Johns Hopkins Studies in the H
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; USA, SCIENCE / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, 20th Century, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Science, United States of America, USA, Criminal investigation & detection, Criminal investigation and detection