Psychological aspects of crisis negotiation

Psychological aspects of crisis negotiation /

"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...

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Main Author: Strentz, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis, 2006.
Subjects:
Hostage negotiations > Psychological aspects.
Persuasion (Psychology)
Negotiating > psychology
Crisis Intervention > methods
Persuasive Communication
Violence > prevention & control
Prisoners > psychology
Négociations pour la libération d'otages > Aspect psychologique.
Communication persuasive.
Hostage negotiations.
Hostage takers.
Konfliktlösning.
Krisstöd.
Förhandlingsteknik > psykologiska aspekter.
Gisslan.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Basic concepts
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • Characteristics of effective hostage/crisis negotiators
  • Cross-trained versus cross-qualified
  • Non-law enforcement negotiators
  • One on one just isn't right
  • Stress and the hostage/crisis negotiator
  • Part II: Dealing with the other victim
  • Negotiating with normal people
  • Negotiating with the adolescent hostage taker
  • Negotiating with the inadequate personality
  • The antisocial personality disorder (it's all about me!) hostage-taker
  • Negotiating with the paranoid schizophrenic hostage-taker
  • The bipolar (I'm focused and flying high!) hostage-taker
  • The suicidal hostage-holder
  • Police-assisted suicide
  • Crisis negotiations in the correctional setting
  • Negotiating with the extremist
  • Part III: Crisis resolution indicators
  • Indicators of subject surrender
  • Indicators of volatile negotiations
  • Part IV: Group dynamics
  • Group think
  • Creative criteria for constructive deviation from crisis negotiation guidelines
  • Part V: Hostage issues
  • Phases of a hostage crisis
  • The Stockholm syndrome
  • What do you say to a hostage?

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