R v Trochym and the Use of Forensic Hypnosis (Part 2/2) - Samantha Harvey
R v Trochym The case of R v Trochym follows the murder of a young woman in 1992. Police investigators found the body of Donna Hunter, Trochym’s girlfriend, in her apartment and determined the time of death to be in the early morning hours of Wednesday, October 14.[1] The police also noted that it appeared as though the body had been moved eight to twelve hours after the murder to make it look as though the murder had been sexually motivated.[2] Hunter’s neighbour, Gity Haghne
R v Trochym and the Use of Forensic Hypnosis (Part 1/2) - Samantha Harvey
I. Introduction The Society of Psychological Hypnosis defines hypnosis as a “state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion.”[1] There are many theories as to how hypnosis works and the effect that the technique has on the human body and mind. Len Milling, a clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of Hartford, stated that “if you asked ten hypnos