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Hipnosis/historia , Historia del Siglo XX , Historia del Siglo XXI , Humanos , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
This is an article written for mental health professionals interested in using investigative hypnosis with law enforcement agencies in the effort to enhance the memory of witnesses and victims. Discussion focuses on how to work with law enforcement agencies so as to control for factors that can interfere with recall. Specifics include what police need to know about how to conduct case review, to prepare interviewees, to conduct interviews, and what to do with the results. Case examples are used to illustrate applications of this guidance in actual investigations.
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Ciencias Forenses/métodos , Hipnosis/métodos , Recuerdo Mental , Ciencias Forenses/ética , Ciencias Forenses/legislación & jurisprudencia , Humanos , Hipnosis/ética , Consentimiento Informado , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Gestión de Riesgos/métodosRESUMEN
A forensic hypnosis interview played a major role in a murder conviction. Several years later, the reliability of the interview was called into question leading to a court hearing on whether the methods used by the hypnosis specialist, hired by the police, conformed to the legal guidelines established by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. This article examines the many errors committed by the hypnosis specialist, and the subsequent legal proceedings which altered the verdict.
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Homicidio/legislación & jurisprudencia , Hipnosis/métodos , Prisioneros/psicología , Femenino , Ciencias Forenses , Humanos , Masculino , Recuerdo Mental , Policia , WisconsinRESUMEN
Dr. Ewin recently reported his research on two "remarkable" cases where hypnosis performed by a lay hypnotist was allegedly associated with the death of the subject. Commentary is provided about both cases. In the first case, it seems clear that the death was co-incident to the hypnosis. In the second case, Dr. Ewin speculates that hypnosis may have been related to the subject's death following her experience in a stage hypnosis show. Instead, we propose that the alerting suggestion used to terminate the hypnosis (that "the subjects would feel 10,000 volts of electricity through the seat of their chairs"), not hypnosis per se, was inappropriate and may have specifically adversely affected this particular subject due to her phobia regarding electricity. Legal ramifications of these cases regarding the issue of informed consent are raised. It is concluded that these cases do not imply a duty to warn subjects/patients that one possible negative consequence of undergoing hypnosis is death.