A pilot study of naturally occurring high-probability request sequences in hostage negotiations

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 491-496

  James, Hughes ^a  

^a York Central Hospital Richmond Hill   (Canada)

Author keywords

High probability request sequence; Hostage negotiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; OFFENDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT STUDY; PRISONER; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECORDING; VIOLENCE;

CRIMINALS; HUMANS; NEGOTIATING; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRISONERS; PROBABILITY; TAPE RECORDING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 75549084739     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2009.42-491     Document Type: Article

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