Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections [Paperback]

Michael J. McMains (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2001 | ISBN-10: 1583605134 | ISBN-13: 978-1583605134 | Edition: 2

Leading authorities on negotiations present the result of years of research, application, testing and experimentation, and practical experience. Principles and applications from numerous disciplines are combined to create a conceptual framework for the hostage negotiator. Ideas and concepts are explained so that the practicing negotiator can apply the principles outlined.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 510 pages
• Publisher: Anderson Publishing Company (OH); 2 edition (February 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583605134
• ISBN-13: 978-1583605134
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,489,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE Book, August 14, 1999

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This review is from: Crisis Negotiations: Managing Critical Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections (Paperback)

If you are looking for simply the most comprehensive, detailed and relevant book in the field you can not miss this one. It is the negotiator's Bible.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Basic. REALLY basic., November 6, 2006

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This review is from: Crisis Negotiations, Third Edition: Managing Critial Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections (Paperback)

Unless you're totally devoid of common sense and spectacularly clueless about any hostage crisis that's taken place in the last thirty years, there's nothing that this book will give you that you don't already have. As a guide for the street officer who doesn't routinely find himself handling crisis negotiations, it's O.K., but for someone planning to specialize in the field and who needs accurate and detailed information about advanced techniques, this book is largely a waste of time and money. (Especially money - the book is outrageously overpriced.)

5.0 out of 5 stars Much information to digest..., December 26, 2010

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This review is from: Crisis Negotiations, Third Edition: Managing Critial Incidents and Hostage Situations in Law Enforcement and Corrections (Paperback)

I purchased this textbook for a class on "Hostage Negotiations" and was not disappointed by the amount and quality of information it contained. A lot of information, some practical and a lot more specialised to the field (this observation coming from a non-P.O.) and the chapters were fairly detailed and long, winded even.

All in all, I would recommend this textbook if you're taking a class that requires it, but not if you're merely interested in the subject of negotiations. There's bound to be other texts out there that provide stripped down books on the subject.