The proceedings of the conference have been published in
"To Save Lives", edited by O. Adang & E. Giebels,
's-Gravenhage, Elsevier bedrijfsinformatie,
ISBN 9 789057 494154
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Peter IJzerman
TO SAVE THE LIVES OF HOSTAGES
David Veness
A COMPARISON OF CRISIS NEGOTIATION ACROSS EUROPE
Ellen Giebels
THE USE OF BEHAVIORAL EXPERTS IN CRISIS NEGOTIATION
Ellen Giebels and Otto M.J. Adang
F.I.R.E: A COMMUNICATION-BASED APPROACH
FOR UNDERSTANDING CRISIS NEGOTIATION
Randall Gage Rogan
IMPROVING CRISIS NEGOTIATION COOPERATION IN EUROPE
Otto M.J. Adang
Appendices
- Conference programme
- About the authors
- The OISIN programme
The First European Conference on Hostage Negotiations
was held on November, 24-25, 1998 in Doorwerth, the Netherlands
This landmark event, which was attended by 146 participants from 21 countries, was organised with financial ad from the OISIN programme of the European Union by LSOP, the Metropolitan Police and the University of Groningen. The organising committee consisted of:
Otto Adang, LSOP Police Education and Knowledge Centre, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
Mike Dixon, Metropolitan Police, United Kingdom
Tjibbe Reitsma, Police Institute Public Order and Safety, the Netherlands
The conference had four main objectives:
1. To map and understand similarities and differences concerning hostage incidents
and their management in different countries, especially with regard to legislation and
operational procedures;
2. To identify joint training needs for law enforcement personnel involved in
hostage incidents;
3. To improve law-enforcement co-operation between Member States of the
European Union, especially in cross-border incidents;
4. To discuss innovative approaches to the management of hostage incidents
