The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations: Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them

This book 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 L. Greenstone provides a user-friendly, step-by-step guide to the intervention and negotiation process that will help you get the job done -- right. Topics covered include legal considerations; telephone surveillance guidelines; the Stockholm Syndrome; working with S.W.A.T. and Tactical Emergency Medical Support; dealing with the media; recognizing "red flags;" the issues of suicide; debriefing the hostage team; the 150 laws of hostage and crisis negotiation; and the 10 most serious errors a negotiator can make.James L Greenstone is the author of 'The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations: Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them', published 2005 under ISBN 9780789018953 and ISBN 0789018950.