El polígrafo en procesos de ascenso en el Ejército Nacional de Colombia durante la última década

Abstract

The research was undertaken due to the criticisms that persist about the use of the polygraph in the Colombian National Army, promulgated by those who have shown disagreement and rejection of the use of this tool as an element of evaluation of staff nominated for promotion. It was sought to identify the characteristics that have surrounded the use of this deception detection instrument, during the last decade, in the process of selection and promotion to a higher grade. A qualitative methodology was used, developed under the bibliographic synthesis method, through which the information was grouped and analyzed in four categories: (1) the polygraph in the international context, (2) the polygraph in the Colombian context, (3) utility of the polygraph and (4) the polygraph in the Colombian National Army. The results allowed concluding that the application of the psychophysiological polygraph examination in the military institution is regulated, it serves as a mechanism for prevention, detection and investigation contributing to improve counterintelligence measures, the results are taken as a guiding criterion in conjunction with the other results of the evaluations that make up the credibility and reliability study established for military personnel in the process of promotion in specific officer and non-commissioned officer grades; The criticisms and controversies regarding the use of the exam are related with ignorance of the law, the protocol used and, fundamentally, the use of the results.