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Practical, tactical, and legal perspectives of terrorism and hostage-taking / James M. Poland and Michael J. McCrystle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poland, James M.
- Series:
- Criminology studies ; v. 9.
- Criminology studies ; v. 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism.
- Hostages.
- Hostage negotiations.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellon Press, [1999]
- Contents:
- Chapter I Terrorism: Hostage Typologies and Beyond 1
- Typologies of Hostage Takers 2
- Typologies of Hostage Taking Situations 7
- Chapter II Key Perspectives and Issues on Hostage Taking 17
- Law Enforcement 18
- Potential Targets 20
- Security Arrangements 23
- Psychological Interaction 24
- Stockholm Syndrome 24
- London Syndrome 27
- Contagion Theory 28
- The Impact of Hostage Taking on Society 29
- Chapter III Hostage-Taking Concepts and Effects 35
- Phases of Hostage-Taking 37
- Guidelines and Intelligence 41
- Information about Hostage Takers, Hostages and Locations 50
- Chapter IV Process of Negotiations: Some Considerations 55
- The Negotiator 57
- Team Concept and Process of Negotiation 60
- Negotiator Selection 64
- Negotiator Training 67
- Negotiator Strategies and Styles 69
- Chapter V Hostage Rescue: Tactical Considerations 79
- Hostage Rescue: The U.S. Experience 80
- Entebbe and Beyond 85
- Growth of Hostage Rescue Teams 93
- Tactical Teams 95
- Tactical Team: Responsibilities and Selection 97
- Chapter VI Case Study Analysis 107
- The Good Guys 108
- Ruby Ridge: Weaver Incident 116
- Waco Incident 118
- Skyjacking: Croatian Nationalists 123
- Chapter VII Legal Considerations of Hostage-Taking and Crisis Situations 131
- The Duty to Negotiate
- The Down's Case 133
- Use of Deadly Force 137
- Miranda and Hostage-Taking 143
- Media and Crisis Situations 146
- Eavesdropping, Wiretapping, Video Surveillance and Other High Technology Devices 147
- Crime Scene Searches
- Post Emergency 154
- The Hostage-Taking Act 155
- Contracts of Immunity 158
- Chapter VIII The Future of Terrorist Hostage-Taking 167
- Hostage-Taking and Terrorism 168
- A New Generation of Hostage Takers 171
- Super Terrorism and Hostage-Taking 174
- Future Hostage-Taking Strategies: Some Considerations 177
- How to Survive a Hostage Situation 184
- Security Preparations: Assessing the Threat 184
- Open-Source Information 185
- Human Sources 186
- Single Intelligence Collection 186
- Photographic Intelligence Collection 187
- Surveillance 188
- Hostage-Taking Countermeasures 190
- The Capture Phase 192
- Surviving Captivity 196.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-217) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0773478779
- OCLC:
- 42652719
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