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Details appropriate response to a variety of hostage-taking incidents, concentrating on negotiations and rescue attempts. Gives explicit proposals for training hostage negotiators, and presents detailed case studies of real incidents. Gives suggestions for the news media to follow in reporting these events, and covers the role the courts should play during and after hostage-taking crises. Includes chapter summaries, objectives, and discussion questions. The authors teach criminal justice at California State University-Sacramento, and are veterans of various police and tactical squads.

Michael McCrystle is a Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Sacramento.

List of Figures	p. v
List of Tables	p. vi
Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Terrorism: Hostage Typologies and Beyond	p. 1
Chapter Objectives	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Typologies of Hostage Takers	p. 2
Typologies of Hostage Taking Situations	p. 7
Summary	p. 9
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 13
References	p. 14
Key Perspectives and Issues on Hostage Taking	p. 17
Chapter Objectives	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
Law Enforcement	p. 18
Potential Targets	p. 20
Security Arrangements	p. 23
Psychological Interaction	p. 24
Stockholm Syndrome	p. 24
London Syndrome	p. 27
Contagion Theory	p. 28
The Impact of Hostage Taking on Society	p. 29
Summary	p. 30
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 32
References	p. 33
Hostage-Taking Concepts and Effects	p. 35
Chapter Objectives	p. 35
Introduction	p. 35
Phases of Hostage-Taking	p. 37
Guidelines and Intelligence	p. 41
Information about Hostage Takers, Hostages and Locations	p. 50
Summary	p. 51
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 52
References	p. 53
Process of Negotiations: Some Considerations	p. 55
Chapter Objectives	p. 55
Introduction	p. 55
The Negotiator	p. 57
Team Concept and Process of Negotiation	p. 60
Negotiator Selection	p. 64
Negotiator Training	p. 67
Negotiator Strategies and Styles	p. 69
Summary	p. 75
Questions for Discussion and Review	p. 76
References	p. 77
Hostage Rescue: Tactical Considerations	p. 79
Chapter Objectives	p. 79
Introduction	p. 79
Hostage Rescue: The U.S. Experience	p. 80
Entebbe and Beyond	p. 85
Growth of Hostage Rescue Teams	p. 93
Tactical Teams	p. 95
Tactical Team: Responsibilities and Selection	p. 97
Summary	p. 99
Questions for Discussion and Review	p. 103
References	p. 104
Case Study Analysis	p. 107
Chapter Objectives	p. 107
Introduction	p. 107
The Good Guys	p. 108
Ruby Ridge: Weaver Incident	p. 116
Waco Incident	p. 118
Skyjacking: Croatian Nationalists	p. 123
Summary	p. 125
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 126
References	p. 128
Legal Considerations of Hostage-Taking and Crisis Situations	p. 131
Chapter Objectives	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
The Duty to Negotiate -- The Down's Case	p. 133
Use of Deadly Force	p. 137
Miranda and Hostage-Taking	p. 143
Media and Crisis Situations	p. 146
Eavesdropping, Wiretapping, Video Surveillance and Other High Technology Devices	p. 147
Crime Scene Searches -- Post Emergency	p. 154
The Hostage-Taking Act	p. 155
Contracts of Immunity	p. 158
Summary	p. 161
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 162
References	p. 163
The Future of Terrorist Hostage-Taking	p. 167
Chapter Objectives	p. 167
Introduction	p. 167
Hostage-Taking and Terrorism	p. 168
A New Generation of Hostage Takers	p. 171
Super Terrorism and Hostage-Taking	p. 174
Future Hostage-Taking Strategies: Some Considerations	p. 177
Summary	p. 179
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 181
References	p. 182
Appendix	p. 183
How to Survive a Hostage Situation	p. 184
Security Preparations: Assessing the Threat	p. 184
Open-Source Information	p. 185
Human Sources	p. 186
Single Intelligence Collection	p. 186
Photographic Intelligence Collection	p. 187
Surveillance	p. 188
Hostage-Taking Countermeasures	p. 190
The Capture Phase	p. 192
Surviving Captivity	p. 196
Summary	p. 201
Questions for Review and Discussion	p. 202
References	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 205
Legal References	p. 216
Index	p. 218
Index of Authors	p. 222
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