Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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.)

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.

What an outstanding book... I have read lots of stuff on crisis/hostage negotiation and barricade situations, but this book sums it all up! Two thumbs up...

It's a very good book about the matter, whit fundamental topics. Usefull for the pro's and rookies, too. A great buy for his words, but a little expensive for a paperback.

Ordered the book 4 months ago and still waiting for it to arrive.