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Saving Lives: The S.A.F.E. Model for Resolving Hostage and Crisis Incidents
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Overview
Combining approaches from various schools of thought on the topic, and applying the methods to both domestic and international contexts, the author has devised a model that is applicable to many types of crisis negotiations and focuses on interaction, communication, and discourse designed to bring a situation down to a manageable level. Through the analysis of several cases representing domestic, criminal, and suicidal situations, he provides a vivid roadmap to the ways in which crisis negotiation can be used to dispel violence before it takes place.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780275992958 |
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Publisher: | Bloomsbury Academic |
Publication date: | 09/30/2007 |
Series: | Praeger Security International |
Edition description: | New Edition |
Pages: | 272 |
Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
The Emerging Field of Hostage/Crisis Negotiation 1
The Devastation of Crisis and Violence 3
The Growth of Crisis Negotiation 18
Traditional Approaches to Crisis Negotiation 34
The S.A.F.E. Model for Negotiating Critical Incidents 63
The S.A.F.E. Model: Negotiating Substantive Demands 65
Negotiating Attunement and Face Frames in Crisis Incidents 82
Negotiating Emotional Distress Frames 96
Analysis of Four Critical Incidents and Summary 109
The Alpha Incident: To Pay for One's Sins 111
The Bravo Incident: The End of the Line 124
The Charlie Incident: A Russian Agent 166
The Delta Incident: A Deadline to Detonate 186
Extending the S.A.F.E. Model: Where Do We Go from Here? 211
The S.A.F.E. Model: Underlying Assumptions and Theoretical Foundations 221
Testing the S.A.F.E. Model: A Discourse Analytic Approach 229
Notes 235
References 239
Index 253
What People are Saying About This
"Mitch Hammer's book, Saving Lives, is a needed and welcomed reminder of the evolution of crisis negotiation as a police discipline. It is also a sound and thoughtfully researched thesis that critically takes a look at the methods and philosophies of the discipline. More important though, the book introduces a practical strategy that blends together the work of academics, trainers, and the negotiators that labor with such dedication and sincerity to save so many lives. Saving Lives will do just that."
"Mitch Hammer, a distinguished scholar and practitioner, applies his rich experience to creating a model of conflict resolution that goes beyond instrumental conflict. Saving Lives deals with identity and relational conflicts. It is a remarkable contribution both to theory and practice in the field. Hammer provides penetrating theoretical insights and demonstrates their applicability to four critical hostage incidents: the Alpha incident, the Bravo incident, the Charlie incident, and the Delta incident. Equally important, he provides a clear map for future research and practice. Our toolbox of hostage crisis negotiation has been vastly enriched. Saving Lives benefits practitioners, academics, public officials, and private organizations, as well as university students."
"Saving Lives is an excellent combination of theory and practical application for conflict management professionals interested in crisis negotiation or other forms of high conflict, intractable conflicts. Mitchell Hammer has provided a compelling presentation of the S.A.F.E. model and the analysis of crisis negotiation four wonderfully developed case studies. This book is a must read for dispute resolution professionals."
"Dr. Hammer has taken a very good theory to a practical, life saving practice. The communication-based S.A.F.E. model is the most exciting and effective breakthrough in hostage/crisis negotiations in two decades. It gives the hostage negotiator a dynamic new tool with which to save lives."
"Saving Lives: The S.A.F.E. Model for Negotiating Hostage and Crisis Incidents, by Mitchell Hammer, Ph.D. advances the field of Hostage/Crisis Negotiation in two major ways: (1) it provides a systematic and integrated model of the important issues in any crisis, and (2) it brings into focus a facet of Crisis Negotiation often neglected by traditional negotiator training, the importance of being sensitive to and dealing well with face issues. All criminal justice negotiators will be more effective if they study, understand, and apply the principles in the S.A.F.E. model."
"Mitch Hammer's wonderful book delivers what its title projectsa way to save lives. By providing negotiators with the conceptual tools to assess a hostage-taker or a suicidal person's talk during negotiation exchanges in volatile situations, Hammer insures that law enforcement agents will be well equipped to decide which communicative practices to employ, whatever the crisis might be. Saving Lives displays in a compelling fashion how theoretical ideas about communication can be refashioned to be directly useful in an important social practice."
"Dr. Hammer's book offers invaluable insights into the dynamics of crisis and hostage negotiation from a communication-based focus. Though the book is solidly grounded in scholarly theory, Hammer deftly blends this with practical application gleaned through his knowledge and experience in crisis negotiations. This book is a necessary resource for scholars and practitioners alike."