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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821591203321

Autore

Greenstone James L.

Titolo

The elements of police hostage and crisis negotiations : critical incidents and how to respond to them / / James Lynn Greenstone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxfordshire, England ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2005

New York : , : Haworth Press, , 2005

ISBN

1-136-61465-6

0-203-46327-7

1-136-61466-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Hostage and crisis negotiation

Disciplina

363.2/3

Soggetti

Hostages

Hostage negotiations

Police training

Communication in law enforcement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Not intended for general use or for public consumption."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

ch. 1. Preincident preparation -- ch. 2. First-response duties -- ch. 3. Callout response -- ch. 4. Arriving on scene and setting up -- ch. 5. Preparing to negotiate -- ch. 6. Making contact and beginning negotiations -- ch. 7. Preparing for the surrender -- ch. 8. Postincident tasks -- ch. 9. Attending to special issues -- ch. 10. Specific issues relating to suicide -- ch. 11. Developing negotiator survival skills -- ch. 12. Learning and using effective communication skills -- ch. 13. Planning and preparing equipment -- ch. 14. Heeding the laws of hostage and crisis negotiations.

Sommario/riassunto

Run a safe and successful crisis negotiation?from start to finish! The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations: Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them reduces the negotiation procedures for hostage, barricaded, and suicide incidents to their basic elements, providing quick and easy access to the information you need-from the initial call-out to the final debriefing. Based on field-tested principles proven to work, the book also includes newly developed and highly specialized techniques for more experienced negotiators. Author James



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