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The International lournal of Clinical and E q n f m m t a l Hypno& 1979. Vol. XXVII. No. 4. 452
RESOLUTION Adopted October, 1978 by the
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SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPNOSIS1
The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis views with alarm the tendency for police officers with minimal training in hypnosis and without a broad professional background in the healing arts employing hypnosis to presumably facilitate recall of witnesses or uictims privy to the occurrence of some crime. Because we recognize that hypnotically aided recall may produce either accurate memories or at times may facilitate the creation of pseudo memories, or fantasies that are accepted as real by subject and hypnotist alike, we are deeply troubled by the utilization of this technique among the police. It must be emphasized that there is no known way of distinguishing with certainty between actual recall and pseudo memories except by independent uerification. Police officers typically have had limited technical training and lack the broad understanding of psychology and psychopathology. Their orientation is to obtain the information needed to solve a crime rather than a concern focusing on protecting the health of the subject who was either witness to, or victim of, a crime. Finally, police officers understandably have strong views as to who is likely to be guilty of a crime and may easily inadvertently bias the hypnotized subject’s memories even without themselves being aware of their actions. For these and related reasons, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis is strongly opposed to the training of police officers as hypnotechnicians and the use of hypnosis b y the police officer. In those instances when hypnosis is appropriately used in law enforcement, trained psychiatrists or psychologists with experience in the forensic use of hypnosis should be employed, care must be taken to control the amount of information wittingly and unwittingly provided to the subject, and all interactions with the subject before, during, and after hypnosis must be videotaped. The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis views it as unethical to train lay individuals in the use of hypnosis, to collaborate with laymen in the use of hypnosis, or to serve as a consultant for laymen who are utilizing hypnosis. ’Reprint requests should be addressed to the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 129-A Kings Park Drive, Liverpool, New York 13088. 452
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Society for clinical and experimental hypnosis Published online: 31 Jan 2008.
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The International lournal of Clinical and E q n f m m t a l Hypno& 1979. Vol. XXVII. No. 4. 452
RESOLUTION Adopted October, 1978 by the
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SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HYPNOSIS1
The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis views with alarm the tendency for police officers with minimal training in hypnosis and without a broad professional background in the healing arts employing hypnosis to presumably facilitate recall of witnesses or uictims privy to the occurrence of some crime. Because we recognize that hypnotically aided recall may produce either accurate memories or at times may facilitate the creation of pseudo memories, or fantasies that are accepted as real by subject and hypnotist alike, we are deeply troubled by the utilization of this technique among the police. It must be emphasized that there is no known way of distinguishing with certainty between actual recall and pseudo memories except by independent uerification. Police officers typically have had limited technical training and lack the broad understanding of psychology and psychopathology. Their orientation is to obtain the information needed to solve a crime rather than a concern focusing on protecting the health of the subject who was either witness to, or victim of, a crime. Finally, police officers understandably have strong views as to who is likely to be guilty of a crime and may easily inadvertently bias the hypnotized subject’s memories even without themselves being aware of their actions. For these and related reasons, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis is strongly opposed to the training of police officers as hypnotechnicians and the use of hypnosis b y the police officer. In those instances when hypnosis is appropriately used in law enforcement, trained psychiatrists or psychologists with experience in the forensic use of hypnosis should be employed, care must be taken to control the amount of information wittingly and unwittingly provided to the subject, and all interactions with the subject before, during, and after hypnosis must be videotaped. The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis views it as unethical to train lay individuals in the use of hypnosis, to collaborate with laymen in the use of hypnosis, or to serve as a consultant for laymen who are utilizing hypnosis. ’Reprint requests should be addressed to the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 129-A Kings Park Drive, Liverpool, New York 13088. 452
