Psych Aspects of Crisis Nego
You arrive at the location. From the information you've been given, an individual…or individuals… has taken at least three…or ten… people hostage. There are demands made, threats boasted, and a deadline given. With all of the hysteria surrounding the scene, how do you discern what is really going on, how do you know who you are dealing with - and just what his…or their…state of mind is?\ Focusing on the psychological makeup and motivation of the hostage taker, the victim, and the negotiator,...
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You arrive at the location. From the information you've been given, an individual…or individuals… has taken at least three…or ten… people hostage. There are demands made, threats boasted, and a deadline given. With all of the hysteria surrounding the scene, how do you discern what is really going on, how do you know who you are dealing with - and just what his…or their…state of mind is? Focusing on the psychological makeup and motivation of the hostage taker, the victim, and the negotiator, Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation equips those on the scene with vital information that allows for fast, safe, and accurate decision making. The author, a seasoned FBI agent and crisis negotiation instructor, divides the content of the book into five comprehensive, yet accessible parts.The topics in Part I discuss negotiation basics: the traits and training necessary for success, the toll that stress takes on the negotiator, negotiation teams, and the effects of third-party involvement in the process. Part II describes how to react when dealing with suicidal hostage-takers, police-assisted suicide, and crisis negotiations in a correctional setting. It also explains how to negotiate with those who have personality disorders, what to say, and not to say, to each type. Part III discusses situational indicators as they pertain to subject surrender and volatile negotiations that involve the violent and the suicidal. Group dynamics are explored in Part IV through examination of the incidents in Waco and Ruby Ridge. This section also includes creative criteria for constructive deviation from the guidelines of negotiation. Part V illustrates hostage issues such as the phases of a crisis, the Stockholm Syndrome, and what to communicate to a hostage. While you never know what type of situation you are responding to, Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation is an important resource to have with you at all times…just in case.
1The American Psychiatric Association32Characteristics of effective hostage and crisis negotiators113Cross-trained versus cross-qualified214Nonlaw-enforcement negotiators275One of one just isn't right376Stress and the hostage or crisis negotiator497Negotiating with normal people658Negotiating with the adolescent hostage taker719Negotiating with the inadequate personality8110The antisocial personality disorder hostage taker : it's all about me!9111Negotiating with the paranoid schizophrenic hostage taker10112The bipolar hostage taker : I'm focused and flying high!11313The suicidal hostage holder12314Police-assisted suicide13715Crisis negotiations in the correctional setting14916Negotiating with the extremist16317Indicators of subject surrender17518Indicators of volatile negotiations18119Group think20120Creative criteria for constructive deviation from crisis negotiation guidelines21521Phases of a hostage crisis22922The Stockholm syndrome24323What do you say to a hostage?261
