Psychic Criminology: A Guide for Using Psychics in Investigations [Paperback]

Whitney S. Hibbard (Author), Raymond W. Worring (Author), Richard S. Brennan (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0398072892 | ISBN-13: 978-0398072896 | Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Edition: 2

Practical and authoritative, this book is a comprehensive manual of operations for using psychics in criminal investigations. The authors base the material on several decades of personal experience and on other first-person accounts from law enforcement personnel. After establishing the need for such an operations manual, the text presents a short history of psychic criminology, outlines the different types of psychic ability pertinent to the investigator, then reviews the evidence and theories for paranormal phenomena. It then details the identification, recruitment, testing and use of psychics, with close coverage afforded methods and procedures for efficient and successful investigative work with psychics. The important role of extrasensory perception in the everyday life of the investigator also is examined. Throughout the book, the authors intersperse summaries of actual cases involving psychics to illustrate and support the topics under discussion. Following the text is a sample Intuitive Investigation Report Form useful in psychic criminology, a glossary of parapsychological terms, and a bibliography of pertinent readings. This second edition has been edited and rewritten extensively with much new and significant material added, including a section on remote viewing, a new chapter of documented case histories, and a cogent critique of the critics of paranormal functioning. The primary purpose of this second edition is the same as the first: to promote the professional use of psychics as investigative aides in criminal investigations.

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About the Author

Whitney S. Hibbard:

Mr. Hibbard has been a criminal justice planner and special program developer (e.g., crime prevention programs, crime-specific interagency teams, career criminal prosecution units, intelligence networks, law enforcement information systems, and corrections facility designs), forensic hypnotist, licensed private investigator, reserve deputy sheriff, martial arts instructor, and senior author of Forensic Hypnosis: The Practical Application of Hypnosis in Criminal Investigations (published by Charles C Thomas, Publisher) and Travel Safely: DonÂ’t Be A Target! Mr. Hibbard is currently working on his doctorate in human science.

Raymond W. Worring:

A counseling psychologist and avid student and researcher of parapsychology for four decades, Mr. Worring was director of the Technical Assistance Bureau of the Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Montana, director of the Investigative Research Field Station in Helena, Montana, a licensed private investigator, investigative reporter for CBS News (focusing on unusual phenomena), and special projects developer for the Montana Board of Crime Control. Mr. Worring helped pioneer the field of psychic criminology by actively researching the practical application of psychics in criminal investigations and encouraging their use in law enforcement.

Rich Brennan:

Rich Brennan has been a consulting criminologist, corporate security consultant, CEO and chief investigator for an international investigative and intelligence services company, and a licensed private investigator. In these capacities he frequently used psychics as investigative aids. Mr. Brennan has been an advisor and columnist for the Missing Persons CyberCenter sponsored by Hollywoodnetwork.com., a member of the American Society of Industrial Security, the American Society of Criminology, the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, and the California Institute of Professional Investigators. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of I.Q. Biometrix California, Inc. (the software developers of FACES, The Ultimate Composite Picture, which has been incorporated in the AmericaÂ’s Most Wanted television show), and is the Executive Produce4r of several feature films and television projects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 149 pages
• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd; 2 edition (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0398072892
• ISBN-13: 978-0398072896
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,447,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review on Psychic Criminology, April 10, 2007

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Gharith Pendragon (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Psychic Criminology: A Guide for Using Psychics in Investigations (Paperback)

This book gets a very high recommendation from me. I have read many books on this subject and I am quite impressed with the authors objectivity, scrutiny, findings and recommendations. The three authors are senior law enforcement investigators, too. This is an excellent book for all law enforcement officers and agents on the subject of psychic assistance on unsolved cases. I also speak in this regard as one who has voluntarily and psychically assisted law enforcement and search and rescue officials since 1986.