J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.
1998 Jul;37(4):745-751.
A Case Report on the Uge of Investigative Hypnosis
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Psychiatry, Hando Hospital, Uijongbu, Korea.
Abstract
- A major application of hypnosis in the legal setting has been for the investigative purpose of refreshing recollection of witnesses and victims of crimes. There were some positive results with this hypnotic technique in a case of the taxi driver who had transported the victim of rape. The driver was able to recall some of numbers and letters in the license plate on the car that the rapists had. This recollection contributed investigators for the arrest of them. Hypnosis would be used in the generation of hypotheses to be corroborated by independent evidence. This report recommended that careful guidelines similar to the ones outlined by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis would be followed.
