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Jerry Lewis

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Expert in Statement Analysis

Jerry Lewis, M.A., retired as a Lieutenant from the New Jersey State Police after twenty-five years of service. He was the supervisor of the Violent Crime Analysis and Polygraph Unit. He has been a polygraph examiner for thirty-eight years and has conducted more than 3000 criminal-specific examinations. He has been recognized as an expert in Statement Analysis and was one of the first detectives in the United States to be trained in this technique. Lewis identified the killer of Megan Kanka (Megan’s Law) from a statement read to him over the phone after the man had been cleared as a suspect. He has been teaching Statement Analysis since 1984 and in 1988 he developed an Interview and Interrogation Course, which is still being offered by the New Jersey State Police. He is a certified police instructor, having trained more than 30,000 law enforcement officials in the art of interrogation.

Nov. 24, 2021

Jerry A. Lewis pt6 - Interviewing and Statement Analysis

Welcome to the final episode in our series with Jerry A. Lewis . He holds a Masters Degree in Education from Seton Hall University and as an adjunct professor at Sussex County Community College he developed a course on Crimin...

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Nov. 23, 2021

Jerry A. Lewis pt5 - Solving Murders

Meg continues her chat with Jerry A. Lewis. He is a certified police instructor and has lectured on Interviewing for numerous police academies, the New Jersey Division of Criminal Justice, the Drug Enforcement Administration,...

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Nov. 22, 2021

Jerry A. Lewis pt4 - Statement Analysis

In part four of the series, Meg continues the conversation with Jerry Lewis, an expert in Statement Analysis. He has been teaching Statement Analysis since 1984 and regularly consults with other law enforcement agencies on s...

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Nov. 21, 2021

Jerry A. Lewis pt3 - Getting a Confession

In part 3 of the series, Meg sits with Jerry Lewis, an expert in Statement Analysis. Jerry was one of the first detectives in the United States to be trained in this technique, having analyzed thousands of statements since t...

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Nov. 20, 2021

Jerry A. Lewis pt2 - Beat a Lie Detector?

The second in our conversation with Jerry Lewis. Jerry is an expert with decades of polygraph experience. He teaches tactical interviewing. Jerry identified the killer of Megan Kanka (Megan’s Law) from a statement read to hi...

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Nov. 19, 2021

Jerry A. Lewis pt1 - Tactical Interviewing

Jerry Lewis, M.A., retired as a Lieutenant from the New Jersey State Police after twenty-five years of service. He was the supervisor of the Violent Crime Analysis and Polygraph Unit. He has been a polygraph examiner for th...

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