Negotiating Crises: The Evolution of Hostage/Barricade Crisis Negotiation

Over the last 25 to 30 years there has been significant growth in the knowledge base regarding how best to negotiate hostage/barricade crisis incidents. The goal of the present article is to review this evolution. More specifically, this article examines the multiple ways a crisis incident can be classified, analyzes the results of hostage/barricade incident databases, discusses different negotiation techniques and methods of negotiation analyses, and, finally, explores the impact of being taken captive on the victim.

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