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CRIMINOLOGY
Whitney Hibbard wrote a book published in 1982 entitled "Psychic
Criminology" wherein he discusses working with psychics on
criminal investigations.
He is a forensic Hypnotist and Licensed
investigator.
There are many considerations which must be taken
into account on the part of both the investigator and the psychics
when working on criminal cases.
For instance,
the investigator
should be knowledgeable of parapsychology and familiar with the
language or vocabulary used by psychics.
Additionally, he or she
should
be open minded and maintain
healthy skepticism.
Most
psychics believe,
for example, that the mind does not die at
physical death of the
body.
PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE INVESTIGATORS
"Investigators have a tendency to give more credence to the
information from those psychics he likes and disregard that
information provided by those he dislikes.
This is a big mistake
because there is no apparent correlation between personality and
quality of the information received.
"The investigator picks and chooses through interpretation of
the information according to his own mind set.
Equal
consideration must be given to all the information as given and
the investigator must be prepared to act on it.
"The investigator can become frustrated with psychics because
of the nature of psychic information.
The information can seem
incomplete, sporadic, and sometimes symbolic or even irrelevant.
A psychic can unknowingly tune into wrong case, for example.
PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE PSYCHICS
Psychics Can create their own set of problems by:
Calling the investigator w/new information
Becoming deputized or too involved with the police work
Becoming a personal counselor for personal problems
Unnecessarily feeling victim's pain
nal belongings
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PSYCHICS STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES
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Psychics are generally better at describing physical
characteristics and the personality of perpetrators.
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Correct names or initials are rarely given but are
occasionally spelled phonetically.
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.Frequently psychics get correct names of places.
Most psychics cannot get an accurate time frame for the
information.
Confusion lies in past, present, or future timing.
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Sometimes the clues provided by the psychic have not
happened yet.
THE INVESTIGATOR MUST BE ALERT TO THE FOLLOWING FACTORS WHILE
WORKING WITH PSYCHICS ON CRIMINAL CASES:
Psychics tend to confuse information regarding the victim
and perpetrator.
Confuse information from other ongoing cases.
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Impressions can be telepathically picked up from the
investigator.
Extraneous impressions irrelevant to the case.
Accurate information can be distorted by symbolic
misinterpretation or emotional reaction to the crime by the
psychic,
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A
psychic may receive only a portion of the original
event
and can make mistakes when providing the facts.
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A psychic may interpret a case in light of their own
memories or belief systems.
Likewise an investigators expectations and attitudes can
contaminate or influence the information.
Sometimes information is transferred telepathically by
verbal
or non verbal cues.
It is important to have a positive attitude anticipating
Success on both the part of the investigator and the psychic.
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Working with more than one psychic can either add
conflicting information or add more pieces to the puzzle.
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There is a tendency to not follow up on a psychic's cues or
avoid, giving credit to the psychic when she or he is accurate.
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The psychic must remain anonymous, while the case is on
going.
CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO PSYCHIC INVESTIGATIONS
best, ie.
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Finding the right psychics and determining how they work
With what techniques?
Psychic work needs to be low pressure, with whatever
working conditions needed by the psychic.
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Interesting cases motivate psychics and assurance of
feedback when available provides incentive.
"The quantity and quality of psychic impressions is greater
when the case is hot.
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Open mindedness, mutual respect, and an amicable working
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relationship are necessary between the psychic and investigator.
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There must be a mutual
understanding of objectives
required.
-. Psychics should be used as an on going aid and not merely
as a last resort on major
cases.
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