Analysis of the Effectiveness of Hypnosis in Eye Witness Interviewing

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Analysis of the Effectiveness of Hypnosis in Eye Witness Interviewing
As a Strategy for Criminal Investigations in Law Enforcement
The effectiveness of hypnosis for criminal investigations is primarily associated with its usage during eyewitness testimonies during the interviewing process. While the predominance of cognitive recall through a questioning process has been a primary method used by criminal investigators in a traditional forum, the effectiveness of hypnosis can provide another tool in which it has been proven to ease and increase the accuracy of memory recall in certain case scenarios. While research has shown that in some cases the combination of these two methods may negate reach other as they “showed no differences in...

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