FORENSIC HYPNOSIS PSYCHOLOGICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTSPDF电子书下载

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Basic Conceptions of Hypnosis 1

Hypnosis and the Legal System 4

Chapter 2 Hypnosis as an Investigative or Discovery Procedure 9

The Extent of Hypnotic Investigation by Law-Enforcement Agencies 10

The Effectiveness of Investigative Hypnosis 11

The Uses of Hypnotic Investigations 13

The Types of Memory Impairment against which Hypnosis Has Been Utilized 16

The Principles of Memory and Forgetting 17

The Exact-Copy versus the Constructive Theory of Memory 29

Hypnotic Hypermnesia 31

Professional versus Police-Officer Hypnotists 35

Techniques of Investigative Hypnosis 39

Forensic Dangers of Hypnotic Investigation 43

Procedural Safeguards in the Use of Investigative Hypnosis 48

Chapter 3 The Admissibility of Hypnotically Influenced Testimony 59

The Relevant Rules of Evidence 59

Testimony under Hypnosis Offered as Substantive Proof 63

Testimony under Hypnosis Offered as the Basis of Expert Opinion 68

Pretrial Hypnosis to Refresh the Memory of Witnesses 72

Pretrial Hypnosis: Abuses, Safeguards, and the Discretion of the Court 90

Chapter 4 Hypnotic Confessions, Statements, and Admissions 99

Cases 105

Derivative Evidence 110

Polygraph and Truth Serum versus Hypnosis 112

Chapter 5 The Role of the Expert Witness 117

Chapter 6 Hypnosis and Crime 125

The Potential of Hypnosis for Criminal Purposes 125

Psychological Evidence 127

Cases of Hypnotically Effectuated Crimes 130

The Effect of Hypnosis on Criminal Liability 137

Chapter 7 The Regulation of Hypnosis 147

Typical Hypnosis Statutes 149

Medical Practice Acts and Psychology Statutes 150

Cases 152

Civil Misuse of Hypnosis 154

Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions 157

Major Forensic Uses of Hypnosis 157

Minor Forensic Uses of Hypnosis 158

Forensic Misuses of Hypnosis 159

Dangers of Pretrial Hypnosis 160

The Current Status of Hypnotically Influenced Testimony 162

Current Issues in Forensic Hypnosis 163

Legal Glossary 171

Psychological Glossary 189

Table of Cases and Case Index 199

References and Bibliography 205

Name Index 223

Subject Index 229

About the Author 239