How often is Hypnotherapy used in high profile criminal cases?

Question

How often is hypnotherapy used in high profile criminal cases and does it help the defendant? How effect is it toward helping a defendant? Are there any list of criminals that have used hypnotherapy or criminal cases where it has been used and been effective?

Answer 1

Almost never.

Most courts do not grant any particular credit or weight to evidence obtained through hypnotic recall, and some jurisdictions discount or refuse to admit memories obtained in this manner because of the potential for undue influence.

Answer 2

I don't know of any cases using Hypnotherapy, I have heard of some using hypnosis from a licensed medical professional.

But in general the results are not allowed in court and it has little if any value.

Answer 3

Today, hypnotherapy is extremely rarely used and next to never in high profile cases. The more common therapies used in the treatment of criminals are behavior therapy, cognitive therapy and RET (Rational Emotive) Therapy.
Corrections has shifted to a psychological-cognitive approach to the treatment of violent and non-violent offenders.

Answer 4

seem what exceeded off in the OJ Simpson case. A crooked racists cop, tainted the data. the most needed data. A Jury got here upon him harmless. (i think he did it). then you have the Phil Spector case. even with the very undeniable actuality that the jury became hung, he maximum in all probability receives a slap on the hand. ( he to killed her). Then the Scott Peterson case. His felony specialist made a circus out of it. Which made the jury imagine two times. i think that there is a straightforward trial guaranteed.

Answer 5

Never in a smart police department. You run the risk of tainting the testimony by using hypnosis, and having it thrown out.