SOC229 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Takers, Prison Reform, Forcible Entry
27 Sep 2016
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There are a number of types of hostage taking: criminals who kidnap during bank robberies, rioting inmates, emotionally distraught/psychologically distraught. Difficult to deal with, very emotional, extremely angry. Motivation is to get revenge, what they see as justice. Their target are the people who victimize or suppress them. Very paranoid think that society is out to get them. Some kill their victims and then kill them selves afterwards. You can"t be rational with them; with a bank robber you can convince them that they don"t want to die. This kind of hostage taking has some planning to it (ex. going back to there work place) Being in the limelight, the want people to know they have been victimized if they get their message out they will get some sympathy. They get power out of this they can tell their hostages to do what they want them to do. Makes it more difficult to negotiate with.
