TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - The role of the psychologist in crisis/hostage negotiations
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Hatcher, Chris
A1  - Mohandie, Kris
A1  - Turner, Jim
A1  - Gelles, Michael G.
SP  - 455
EP  - 472
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - Over the past three decades, there has been a noted increase in hostage and barricade incidents involving perpetrators with a variety of emotional, economic, and political motives. A hostage incident may be defined as an incident in which (a) perpetrator(s) hold(s) one or more persons against their will in a location known to police. A barricade incident, on the other hand, is an incident without hostages in which a perpetrator is barricaded, also in a location known to police and refusing to surrender. Approximately 25 years ago, a theory of crisis/hostage negotiations was developed which has been continuously refined in field applications. This article will define the goal of crisis/hostage negotiation, review the history of hostage taking from biblical times to the present, review the utilization of psychologists and other mental health consultants by police crisis/hostage negotiation teams, and discuss the four roles and related functions of psychologists on crisis/hostage negotiation teams. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199823)16:4<455::AID-BSL321>3.0.CO;2-G
ID  - ref1
ER  -