Hostage Negotiation

Question 1

What is at the core of hostage negotiation?

Answer 1

Crisis intervention

Question 2

What are the psychological dynamics of people who survive being held hostage like?

Answer 2

Victims of battering, coerced prostitution, and abused children

Question 3

What are the different types of hostage takers?

Answer 3

-Instrumental
-Expressive
-The Estranged Person
-The Institutionalized Individual
-The Wronged Person
-Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Question 4

What is REACT?

Answer 4

REACT is an intervention model that stands for:

R- Recognition of needed conditions
E- Engagement builds rapport & facilitates ventilation and validation
A- Assessment continuously evaluates the physical risks to all parties
C- Contracting/Controlling
T- Terminating/Transferring is arranging for follow-up care

Question 5

What are the various intervention strategies?

Answer 5

1) Use communication techniques
2) Contain the scene (i.e. inner and outer perimeter secured)
3) Gather Info (i.e. hostage profile, hostages, and specifications of site)
4) Stabilize the situation
5) Persuade the hostage taker to give up

Question 6

What is Stockholm Syndrome?

Answer 6

when individuals held captive developed an affectionate relationship with their captors

Question 7

What are the stages of a hostage situation?

Answer 7

• Alarm
• Crisis
• Accommodation
• Stockholm Syndrome
• Resolution