Overview
This edited collection offers a comprehensive examination of theory, research, and practice in crisis (hostage) negotiation from the perspectives of communication, law enforcement, psychology, sociology, and criminology. The volume identifies promising conceptual frameworks for the development of research on crisis negotiation. This book is also useful to crisis negotiation trainers and leaders in law enforcement who are searching for insight beyond anecdotal stories and who recognize the need for more rigorous application of behavioral science to the practice of crisis negotiation.
Full Product Details
Author: Mitchell R. Hammer ,
Randall Rogan ,
Clinton R. Van Zandt ,
Clinton R. Van Zant
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9780275952242
ISBN 10: 027595224
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 30 March 1997
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies. -Southern Communication Journal Both academicians and practitioners will find this book, written by eminently qualified academics and practitioners, to be valuable. -Criminal Justice Review ?Both academicians and practitioners will find this book, written by eminently qualified academics and practitioners, to be valuable.?-Criminal Justice Review ?Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies.?-Southern Communication Journal
?Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies.?-Southern Communication Journal
"?Both academicians and practitioners will find this book, written by eminently qualified academics and practitioners, to be valuable.?-Criminal Justice Review ?Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies.?-Southern Communication Journal ""Both academicians and practitioners will find this book, written by eminently qualified academics and practitioners, to be valuable.""-Criminal Justice Review ""Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies.""-Southern Communication Journal"
?Both academicians and practitioners will find this book, written by eminently qualified academics and practitioners, to be valuable.?-Criminal Justice Review ?Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies.?-Southern Communication Journal Both academicians and practitioners will find this book, written by eminently qualified academics and practitioners, to be valuable. -Criminal Justice Review Here is a rewarding application of several key facets of the field of communication studies to an issue that is of growing relevance in the public eye....To the degree that is possible, this work adds to the knowledge of practitioners and interested scholars working for more effective interaction with those who spark the crises we so often see covered in the news and dramatized on television and in the movies. -Southern Communication Journal
Author Information
RANDALL G. ROGAN is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Wake Forest University. He has researched and written numerous papers and articles on the communicative dynamics of conflict interaction, focusing specifically on linguistic markers of emotion, face behaviors, and the relational dynamics of hostage negotiation. Along with Mitchell R. Hammer, he studies threatening communication and investigates the cultural factors that impact conflict interaction in general, and hostage negotiation specifically. MITCHELL R. HAMMER is Associate Professor in the School of International Service at The American University in Washington, D.C., where he specializes in intercultural communication and conflict negotiation. He has published widely, with over 50 articles, contributing to several anthologies as well as numerous scholarly and professional journals. Dr. Hammer has been a recent advisor on cross-cultural communication and negotiation to the Behavior and Performance Laboratory of the NASA Johnson Space Center for the Space Station Freedom Program. He is also an advisor to the National Institute of Health in conflict management and to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agencies in the area of crisis communication and threat assessment. CLINTON R. VAN ZANDT, a 25-year veteran of the FBI, was the FBI's former Chief Hostage Negotiator and a member of the Bureau's famed Behavioral Science Unit until his retirement in 1995. He is currently president of Van Zandt & Associates, Inc., a crisis management consulting firm specializing in the assessment of communicated threats, psychological profiling, violence in the workplace issues, stalking matters, psycholinguistic analysis, and other types of behaviorally oriented investigative assistance for both corporate security and law enforcement. He has authored numerous articles on hostage negotiation, kidnapping, and crisis management. Rogan, Hammer, and Van Zandt are collectively authoring Crisis Negotiations: Case Studies of Hostage Incidents, forthcoming from Praeger.
