HOSTAGE SURVIVAL

• NCJ Number: 41041
• Author(s): B McClure
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 11 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE CONFERENCE ON 'TERRORISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD' - AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE, APRIL 1976

Annotation

PAPER PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF HOSTAGE SITUATIONS, RELATING SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES OF HOSTAGES KIDNAPPED BY TERRORISTS.

Abstract

KIDNAPPING IS A HIGH-RETURN, LOW-RISK ACTIVITY FOR MANY TERRORISTS, AND ELIMINATING IT REMAINS A TOUGH PROBLEM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. THE AUTHOR MAKES SEVERAL GROUND RULES THAT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED IN MOST KIDNAPPING CASES. THESE COVER INSTRUCTIONS ON PRISONER SURVIVAL, THE BASIC TYPES OF HOSTAGE SITUATIONS, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONFRONTATION OF PRISONER AND CAPTOR. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE IDENTIFICATION SYNDROME THAT CAN TAKE HOLD OF THE PRISONER. SPIRITUAL STRENGTH, COURAGE AND MATURITY, PERSERVERANCE, AND A SENSE OF HUMOR ARE FACTORS THAT, FOR THE PRISONER, COUNT IN THE END....BDS