Hostage Negotiations Learning Objectives
LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS
Chapter One
1.01 Students will identify reason why their boss not negotiate.
1.02 Students will identify the court findings in the Downs vs. US case.
1.03 Students will identify the person who invented hostage negotiations.
1.04 Students will identify the basic hostage negotiation strategy.
1.10 Students will identify job titles and responsibilities of the members of the negotiation team.
1.11 Students will identify selection criteria for a negotiation command post.
1.20 Students will identify the role of the mental health professional in hostage negotiations.
1.21 Students will identify other services the mental health professional can provide the negotiation team.
Chapter Two
2.01 Students will identify factors in considering whether or not to engage in face-to-face negotiations.
2.02. Students will identify tactical considerations when engaging in face-to-face negotiations.
2.03 Students will identify clothing and equipment issues in face-to-face negotiations.
2.04 Students will identify body space consideration in face-to-face negotiations.
2.05 Students will identify positive benefits of Telephone negotiations.
2.06 Students will identify negative aspects of telephone negotiations.
2.10 Students will identify positive effects of time in negotiations.
2.11 Students will identify negative effects of time in negotiations.
2.20 Student identify demands that are negotiable.
2.21 Students will identify negotiating techniques with respect to demands.
2.30 Students will identify characteristics of telephone negotiations.
2.31 Students will identify strategies used in telephone negotiations.
2.40 Students will identify assistance provided by telephone service companies during a hostage situation.
2.41 Students will identify legal issues in hostage negotiation.
2.42 Students will identify technical aids to negotiators in hostage situations.
Chapter Three
3.01 Students will identify the four core personality types of hotage-takers.
3.10 Student will identify personality/background characteristics of the antisocial personality hostage-taker.
3.11 Students will identify elements of the negotiation strategy for the antisocial personality.
3.20 Students will identify personality/background characteristics of the depressed personality hostage-taker.
3.21 Students will identify elements of the negotiation strategy for the depressed personality hostage taker.
3.30 Students will identify personality/background characteristics of the inadequate personality hostage-taker.
3.31 Students will identify elements of the negotiation strategy for the inadequate personality hostage-taker.
3.40 Students will identify personality/background characteristics of the paranoid schizophrenic personality hostage-taker.
3.41 Students will identify elements of the negotiation strategy for the paranoid schizophrenic personality hostage-taker.
Chapter Four
4.01 Students will identify elements of the Stockholm syndrome.
4.02 Students will identify hostage personality characteristics and individual characteristics that impact on development of the Stockholm syndrome.
4.03 Students will identify historical data concerning the incident that resulted in the Stockholm syndrome name.
4.04 Students will identify negotiation strategies to foster development of the Stockholm syndrome.
4.05 Students will identify psychological theories that explain the Stockholm syndrome.
4.06 Students will identify the critical factor in development of the Stockholm syndrome.
Chapter Five
5.01 Students will identify elements of the reinforcement - affect model of attraction theory.
5.02 Students will identify elements of Bandura's social learning theory.
5.03 Students will identify elements of balance theory.
5.04 Students will identify elements of the equity theory.
5.05 Students will identify elements of group dynamics theory.
5.06 Students will identify elements of Freud's psychosexual developmental theory.
5.07 Students will identify elements of elements of Erickson's psychological developmental theory.
5.08 Students will identify elements of the rule of reciprocity theory.
5.20 Students will identify elements socioeconomic class values.
5.30 Students will identify elements the three stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
5.31 Students will identify effects of stress on the human body.
5.32 Students will identify physical signs of stress.
5.33 Students will identify ways to increase stress on a hostage-taker.
5.34 Students will identify effects of stress on negotiators.
5.35 Students will identify strategies for managing stress in negotiators.
5.40 Students will identify the diagnostic criteria for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter Six
6.01 Students will apply suicide statistics to suicide risk assessment.
6.02 Students will identify common misconceptions about suicide.
6.03 Students will identify elements of theories about suicide.
6.04 Students will identify signs of depression.
6.05 Students will apply suicide risk assessments to suicide scenarios.
6.06 Students will identify strategies for suicide intervention.
6.07 Students will identify strategies for negotiating with depressed people.
6.08 Students will identify indicators of suicide by cop.
Chapter Seven
7.01 Students will identify goals and strategies of terrorism.
7.02 Students will identify the importance of symbolic targets in terrorism.
7.03 Students will identify current trends in terrorist attacks.
7.10 Students will define domestic terrorism.
7.11 Students will define international terrorism.
7.12 Students will define special interest terrorism.
7.13 Students will define left wing terrorism.
7.14 Students will define right wing terrorism.
7.15 Students will define terrorist incident.
7.20 Students will define the lethal triad in cults.
Chapter Eight
8.01 Students will identify the components of listening.
8.02 Students will define active listening.
8.03 Students will identify trigger words negotiators should avoid.
8.04 Students will define paraphrasing.
8.10 Students will identify the components of transactional analysis.
8.11 Students will identify elements of verbal judo.
8.20 Students will identify three elements of any type of negotiation.
8.21 Students will identify three styles of negotiation.
8.30 Students will identify strategies for negotiating with foreign language hostage-takers.
Chapter Nine
9.01 Students will identify the mission of SWAT
9.02 Students will identify the six step barricaded suspect criteria.
9.03 Students will define inner perimeter.
9.04 Students will define outer perimeter.
9.05 Students will identify sources of information.
9.06 Students will identify intelligence information.
1.08 Students will identify factors in tactical planning
Chapter Ten
10.01 Students will identify organizational pressures news media are under when they report a hostage incident.
10.02 Students will identify responsibilities and strategies of the police media representative at a hostage incident.
10.10 Students will identify factors in a hostage's ability to cope during a hostage incident.
10.11 Students will identify strategies for a hostage to follow during a hostage incident.
10.20 Students will identify strategies for debriefing released hostages.
10.30 Students will identify indicators of high-risk hostage incidents.
10.31 Students will define a traditional hostage incident.
10.40 Students will identify methods to assess the progress of negotiations.
10.41 Students will identify indicators that negotiations are not progressing well.
10.50 Students will identify sources of support outside their department during a hostage/barricade incident.
10.60 Students will identify techniques for setting up SWAT/Negotiator training problems.