European Polygraph

Editor-in-Chief

Jan Widacki

Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, Kraków, Poland

Associate Editor

Michał Widacki

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Kraków, Poland

Associate Editor

Anna Szuba-Boroń

Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Kraków, Poland

Language Editors

Statistical Editor

Technical Lay-out Editor

Tuvya T. Amsel, Ph.D.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Researcher and polygraph examiner specializing in forensic psychophysiology. His research interests include credibility assessment, investigative interviewing, and applied polygraph methodology.

Thorsten Floren, Ph.D.

Kassel, Germany

Lecturer in criminal sciences at the Hessian University of Public Management and Security. His research interests include criminal investigation, forensic science, police education, and investigative methodology.

Avital Ginton, Ph.D.

Tel Aviv, Israel

President of the Israel Polygraph Association. His research focuses on operational polygraph applications, credibility assessment, and examiner training.

Professor Don Grubin

Newcastle, United Kingdom

Emeritus Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Honorary Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist. His work focuses particularly on the assessment, treatment, and supervision of individuals convicted of sexual offences. He is also closely involved in the use of polygraph testing in offender management and is responsible for the training and supervision of probation and police polygraph examiners in the United Kingdom.

Professor Charles R. Honts

Boise, United States

Professor of Psychology at Boise State University and an internationally recognized expert in deception detection and credibility assessment. His research focuses on psychophysiological detection of deception, polygraph methodology, countermeasures, interviewing, and false confessions. He has authored or presented more than 350 scientific works in these areas.

Professor Frank S. Horvath

East Lansing, United States

Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University and a prominent researcher in the field of polygraph examination and deception detection. His work focused particularly on the accuracy of polygraph testing, examiner decision-making, numerical scoring, and the Comparison Question Test (CQT). He also served as President of the American Polygraph Association and received the APA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.

Donald Krapohl

Fort Jackson, United States

Prominent polygraph researcher, former President of the American Polygraph Association, and former senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Defense Polygraph Institute. He is the author of numerous publications on credibility assessment and evidence-based polygraph practice.

James Matte Ph.D.

Williamsville, United States

President of Matte Polygraph Service, Inc., former Special Agent of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (OSI), and retired U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Special Agent. His research interests include polygraph techniques, forensic psychophysiology, and examiner training.

Raymond Nelson

Indianapolis, United States

Researcher and consultant specializing in forensic psychophysiology. His research interests include polygraph validity, test data analysis, and evidence-based practices.

John J. Palmatier, Ph.D.

Miami-Fort, United States

Researcher and forensic consultant specializing in credibility assessment. His research interests include polygraph testing, investigative interviewing, and forensic psychophysiology.

Professor Beata Pastwa-Wojciechowska

Gdańsk, Poland

Professor of Psychology at the University of Gdańsk. Her research interests include forensic psychology, criminal behavior, and offender rehabilitation.

Professor Przemysław Piotrowski

Krakow, Poland

Professor at the Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University. His research interests include forensic psychology, criminology, criminal behavior, violence, and offender rehabilitation.

Professor David C. Raskin

Homer, AK, United States

Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Utah and a leading researcher in psychophysiology and polygraph-based deception detection. His work has focused on the scientific validation of polygraph techniques, numerical scoring, and the development and evaluation of comparison-question methods. He has also trained government and law-enforcement examiners and served extensively as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases.

Tuvia Shurany

Jerusalem, Israel

Polygraph examiner and researcher. His research interests include credibility assessment, operational polygraph examinations, and examiner training.

Professor Gintaras Švedas

Vilnius, Lithuania

Professor of Law at Vilnius University. His research interests include criminal law, criminal procedure, and forensic sciences.

Igor Usikov

Kyiv, Ukraine

Former President of the Ukrainian Polygraph Association. His research interests include forensic psychophysiology, security studies, and operational applications of the polygraph.

Vitalii Shapovalov, Ph.D.

Kyiv, Ukraine

Researcher specializing in forensic psychophysiology and credibility assessment. His research interests include operational polygraph examinations and examiner education.

Professor Jennifer M.C. Vendemia

Columbia, United States

Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of South Carolina, specializing in experimental cognitive neuroscience. Her research focuses on the neural and cognitive mechanisms of deception, memory, executive functions, and stress, using methods including EEG and fMRI. She has also served as a consultant to U.S. government and national security agencies on issues related to deception and cognitive neuroscience.

Professor Jan Widacki

Krakow, Poland

Member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU), attorney-at-law, and author of numerous publications in forensic science and criminalistics. His research interests include criminal law, criminology, forensic science, and the legal aspects of polygraph examinations. He is also a recognized expert in polygraph examination and credibility assessment.

Professor Daniel T. Wilcox

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Honorary Professor of Forensic Psychology at Nottingham Trent University and a Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist. His professional and research interests include forensic psychology, risk assessment and management, treatment of offenders, and the application of polygraph examinations in forensic settings. He has extensive experience as an expert and consultant and is the author of numerous scientific publications in these fields.