An FBI hostage negotiator remembers his contributions to significant cases from the Hostage Negotiation Program, in a personal account during which he also describes his struggle to balance the demands of his job with his family life and faith.

Product Description: This edited collection offers a comprehensive examination of theory, research, and practice in crisis (hostage) negotiation from the perspectives of communication, law enforcement, psychology, sociology, and criminology. The volume identifies promising conceptual frameworks for the development of research on crisis negotiation...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)