Chapter 1 Introduction

Basic Conceptions of Hypnosis

Hypnosis and the Legal System

Chapter 2 Hypnosis as an Investigative or Discovery Procedure

The Extent of Hypnotic Investigation by Law-Enforcement Agencies

The Effectiveness of Investigative Hypnosis

The Uses of Hypnotic Investigations

The Types of Memory Impairment against which Hypnosis Has Been Utilized

The Principles of Memory and Forgetting

The Exact-Copy versus the Constructive Theory of Memory

Hypnotic Hypermnesia

Professional versus Police-Officer Hypnotists

Techniques of Investigative Hypnosis

Forensic Dangers of Hypnotic Investigation

Procedural Safeguards in the Use of Investigative Hypnosis

Chapter 3 The Admissibility of Hypnotically Influenced Testimony

The Relevant Rules of Evidence

Testimony under Hypnosis Offered as Substantive Proof

Testimony under Hypnosis Offered as the Basis of Expert Opinion

Pretrial Hypnosis to Refresh the Memory of Witnesses

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

Chapter 4 Hypnotic Confessions, Statements, and Admissions

Cases

Derivative Evidence

Polygraph and Truth Serum versus Hypnosis

Chapter 5 The Role of the Expert Witness

Chapter 6 Hypnosis and Crime

The Potential of Hypnosis for Criminal Purposes

Psychological Evidence

Cases of Hypnotically Effectuated Crimes

The Effect of Hypnosis on Criminal Liability

Chapter 7 The Regulation of Hypnosis

Typical Hypnosis Statutes

Medical Practice Acts and Psychology Statutes

Cases

Civil Misuse of Hypnosis

Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions

Major Forensic Uses of Hypnosis

Minor Forensic Uses of Hypnosis

Forensic Misuses of Hypnosis

Dangers of Pretrial Hypnosis

The Current Status of Hypnotically Influenced Testimony

Current Issues in Forensic Hypnosis

Legal Glossary

Psychological Glossary

Table of Cases and Case Index

References and Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Author