Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation.

From an FBI crisis negotiation instructor, Psychological Aspects of Crisis Negotiation focuses on the motivation of various individuals involved in a crisis. By understanding the psychological make-up of these individuals, which include the hostage-taker and the victim, the negotiator is better equi...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Strentz, Thomas
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : CRC Press, 2005
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Academy; Acknowledgments; 1. The American Psychiatric Association; 2. Characteristics of Effective Hostage and Crisis Negotiators; 3. Cross-Trained versus Cross-Qualified; 4. Nonlaw-Enforcement Negotiators; 5. One on One Just Isn't Right; 6. Stress and the Hostage or Crisis Negotiator; 7. Negotiating with Normal People; 8. Negotiating with the Adolescent Hostage Taker; 9. Negotiating with the Inadequate Personality; 10. The Antisocial Personality Disorder Hostage Taker: It's All About Me!