Practical, tactical and legal perspectives of terrorism and hostage-taking (Record no. 1757)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0773478779 (hbk.):
Terms of availability 49.95 UK
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name POLAND James M
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Practical, tactical and legal perspectives of terrorism and hostage-taking
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Canada:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. E. Mellen Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1999
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 248p.
440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Criminology studies,
Volume/sequential designation no. 9
520 #3 - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The purpose of this book is to propose strategies to assess, identify, and reduce the risk of hostage-taking, prepare a crisis management team, negotiate with hostage takers, cooperate with the media, identify the different types of hostage takers and identify the major legal issues related to hostage taking. This book also presented briefly outlines the historical antecedents of hostage taking typologies, examines the critical individual perspectives associated with hostage-taking episodes, provides an overview of police guidelines for resolving hostage situations and attempts to evaluate the future of hostage taking by criminals, psychotics and political terrorists.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element TERRORISM
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element TERRORIST
945 ## - LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC)
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Copy number Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 06/12/2001   363.32 POL 0013591 03/01/2024 1 03/01/2024 Book