How to cite this journal: Author, Date of the post, WMO Conflict Insight, Title of the post, ISSN: 2628 6998, https://worldmediation.org/journal/ ABSTRACT * Drawing on the author’s own experience as a psychologist in a correctional setting, this article examines the psychological profiles of hostage takers and their relevance to negotiation. Opening with an account of a hostage incident in a Special Housing Unit, the author notes that such events in prisons are rarer than commonly assumed, and traces the shift in the professional literature from situational typologies of hostage incidents
toward the psychological characteristics of the individuals involved, on the evidence that response strategies succeed more often when…
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