Crisis negotiation

Crisis negotiation is a law enforcement technique used to communicate with people who are threatening violence^[1] (workplace violence, domestic violence, suicide, or terrorism),^[2] including barricaded subjects, stalkers, criminals attempting to escape or evade arrest, and hostage-takers.^[3] Crisis negotiation is often initiated by the first officer(s) on the scene.^[2]

^ Strentz, Thomas (2006). Psychological aspects of crisis negotiation. CRC Press, ISBN 978-0-8493-3997-4
^ ^a ^b Jonathan Greenstein (2011). "Hostage Negotiations for the First Responder (Missouri Police Officers Standards and Training Course)".
^ Defense Information Access Network, United States State Department (1987). Hostage negotiation: a matter of life and death. DIANE Publishing, ISBN 978-0-941375-01-6