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- The freedom broker / by Howe, K. J.;
Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine months later, he was never the same after that; worse, Thea discovers that she was supposed to have been the target. This defining experience drives Thea to become one of the top operatives in the field of kidnap-and-ransom consultancy. Nicknamed "Liberata" because she once secured the release of a captive from the Sicilian mob without her client paying a cent, she travels the globe trying to bring hostages home--mostly through negotiation, but occasionally through more forceful means. She is very good at her job.
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Hostage negotiations; Rescue work; Kidnapping;
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- The taking of Pelham one two three / by Godey, John,1912-2006.;
Four men, armed with submachine guns, have seized a New York City subway train, holding all seventeen passengers--and the entire city--hostage. The identities of the hijackers are unknown. Their demands seem impossible. Their threats are real. Only one thing is certain: they aren't stopping for anything.
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Subways; Hostage negotiations;
- © 2012., Berkley Pub. Group,
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- Merry Christmas, Alex Cross [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-; Boatman, Michael,1964-; Milioti, Cristin,1985-; Kunken, Stephen.;
Read by Michael Boatman, Cristin Milioti, Stephen Kunken.It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross has been called out to catch someone who's robbing his church's poor box. That mission behind him, Alex returns home to celebrate with Bree, Nana, and his children. The tree decorating is barely underway before his phone rings again, a horrific hostage situation is quickly spiraling out of control. Away from his own family on the most precious of days, Alex calls upon every ounce of his training, creativity, and daring to save another family. Alex risks everything, and he may not make it back alive on this most sacred of family days. Alex Cross is a hero for our time, and never more so than in this story of family, action, and the deepest moral choices.
- Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Christmas stories.; Audiobooks.; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); African American detectives; Hostage negotiations;
- © p2012., Hachette Audio,
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- A spark of light : a novel / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-; Turpin, Bahni,narrator.;
Read by Bahni Turpin, with a note read by the author."The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things returns with a powerful and provocative new novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a heart-stopping crisis. The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center a women's reproductive health services clinic its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with incoming text messages he glances at it and, to his horror, finds out that his fifteen-year-old daughter, Wren, is inside the clinic. But Wren is not alone. She will share the next and tensest few hours of her young life with a cast of unforgettable characters: A nurse who calms her own panic in order save the life of a wounded woman. A doctor who does his work not in spite of his faith but because of it, and who will find that faith tested as never before. A pro-life protester disguised as a patient, who now stands in the cross hairs of the same rage she herself has felt. A young woman who has come to terminate her pregnancy. And the disturbed individual himself, vowing to be heard. Told in a daring and enthralling narrative structure that counts backward through the hours of the standoff, this is a story that traces its way back to what brought each of these very different individuals to the same place on this fateful day. Jodi Picoult one of the most fearless writers of our time tackles a complicated issue in this gripping and nuanced novel. How do we balance the rights of pregnant women with the rights of the unborn they carry? What does it mean to be a good parent? A Spark of Light will inspire debate, conversation. and, hopefully, understanding"--
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Hostages; Women's health services; Hostage negotiations; Family planning services;
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- The exchange : after The Firm / by Grisham, John,author.;
"#1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. What became of Mitch and Abby McDeere after they exposed the crimes of Memphis law firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke and fled the country? The answer is in The Exchange, the riveting sequel to The Firm, the blockbuster thriller that launched the career of America's favorite storyteller. It is now fifteen years later, and Mitch and Abby are living in Manhattan, where Mitch is a partner at the largest law firm in the world. When a mentor in Rome asks him for a favor that will take him far from home, Mitch finds himself at the center of a sinister plot that has worldwide implications--and once again endangers his colleagues, friends, and family. Mitch has become a master at staying one step ahead of his adversaries, but this time there's nowhere to hide"--
- Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Legal fiction (Literature); Law firms; Bridges; Kidnapping; Hostage negotiations; Terrorists; Murder;
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- Bridge of Spies / by Spielberg, Steven,1946-film director,film producer.; Platt, Marc,1957-film producer.; Krieger, Kristie Macosko,film producer.; Charman, Matt,screenwriter.; Coen, Ethan,screenwriter.; Coen, Joel,screenwriter.; Hanks, Tom,actor.; Rylance, Mark,actor.; Ryan, Amy,actor.; Magnussen, Billy,1985-actor.; Alda, Alan,1936-actor.; Stowell, Austin,1984-actor.; Hewson, Eve,actor.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Shepherd, Scott,1969 or 1970-actor.; Koch, Sebastian,1962-actor.; Kamiński, Janusz,1959-director of photography.; Newman, Thomas,1955-composer (expression); Kahn, Michael,1935-editor of moving image work.; Maimone, Kasia Walicka,costume designer.; Touchstone Pictures,production company.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.; DreamWorks Pictures (1994-2006),production company,presenter.; Fox 2000 Pictures,production company,presenter.; Reliance Entertainment,production company,presenter.; Participant Media,production company.; TSG Entertainment,production company.; Amblin Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Afterworks Limited,production company.; Studio Babelsberg,production company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround (English, French and Spanish) and 2.0 stereo. surround (English DVS).Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, Scott Shepherd, Sebastian Koch, Alan Alda, Austin Stowell, Billy Magnussen, Eve Hewson, Jesse Plemons.Director of photography, Janusz Kaminski ; editor, Michael Kahn ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Kasia Walicka Maimone.Academy awards, 2016: Best supporting actor (Rylance)MPAA rating: PG-13; for some violence and brief strong languageJames Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
- Subjects: Thrillers (Motion pictures); Biographical films.; Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977; Donovan, James B. (James Britt), 1916-1970; U-2 Incident, 1960; Espionage; Hostage negotiations; Cold War;
- Educational and home use only.
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- Written and interpersonal communication : methods for law enforcement / by Wallace, Harvey.; Roberson, Cliff,1937-;
1. The need for effective communication -- Troublesome non-English rules -- Keys to good writing -- Communication within a law enforcement environment -- Communication within a community -- Communication by e-mail -- Strategies for dealing with difficult conversations -- Written communication techniques -- Rules of capitalization -- Frequently confused words -- Words that can be left out -- Intensives -- Repetition -- Spelling -- 2. Oral versus written communication -- Entropy and negative entropy -- Written communication -- Writing defined -- Correct word usage -- Subject and object pronouns -- Better-writing drill -- Compound words -- 3. The communication process -- The Johari Window -- The four regions of knowledge -- The four basic types of communication patterns -- Schramm's model -- Lasswell's model -- Mathematical model -- Group versus individual communication -- Rules for improvement -- Problems with verbs -- Use of the first person -- Use of the active voice -- Correct usage of pronouns -- Correct word usage -- 4. Improvement of communication -- Barriers to communication -- Emotional barriers -- Physical barriers -- Semantic barriers -- Ineffective listening -- Listening speed -- Feedback -- Rules for improvement -- Effective listening exercises -- Modifiers -- Faulty parallelism -- 5. Special communications issues -- Communication with people from other cultures -- Survival Spanish -- Communication with persons with hearing impairments -- Communication with persons with mental issues -- Mental retardation or mental illness? -- Detection of mental problems -- Contact with the person -- Communication tactics -- Common sense -- Communication with individuals under the influence -- Responding to persons with epilepsy or having seizures -- Rules for improvement -- Use of the colon -- Correct word choice -- Better-writing drill -- 6. Communicating in public -- Public speaking -- Drafting the speech -- Communication with the media -- Media access to crime scenes -- Rules for improvement -- Correct word choice -- The paragraph -- Better-writing drill --7. Basic reports -- Types of reports -- Field notes -- Initial police reports -- Operational reports -- Administrative reports -- Required information -- Recording oral statements of witnesses -- Organization of reports -- Drafting the report -- Understanding the report format -- Report content -- Accuracy -- Completeness -- Fairness -- Rules for improvement -- Becoming a speedy writer -- Using the comma -- Criminal Justice Records System -- Report processing -- Crime records -- Confidentiality of records -- 8. Drafting affidavits and the use of reports in court -- Use of reports in court -- The court appearance -- Preparing for court -- Coordinating with the prosecuting attorney -- Testimony in court -- Direct examination -- Cross-examination -- 9. Questioning -- Miranda and its effect -- Pre-Miranda techniques -- Miranda -- The eroding of Miranda -- Interviewing witnesses -- Interviewing victims -- Interrogations -- Interrogation techniques -- Recording techniques -- Rules for improvement -- Characteristics of a well-written report -- Report evaluation -- Sentence structure checklist -- Spelling checklist -- Capitalization checklist -- 10. Interviewing and interacting with victims of crime -- History of victims and the Criminal Justice System -- The Code of Hammurabi -- Other early codes and laws -- Modern codes and laws -- Victims' reactions -- Crisis -- Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Long-term crisis reaction -- Other mental disorders -- Other effects -- Interaction with victims -- Death notification procedures -- Interviewing child sexual abuse victims -- 11. Interviewing as an art -- Interview planning -- Interview location -- Note taking -- Question formulation -- General rules for question construction -- Physiology and its influence -- Questioning techniques -- Active listening -- Interview tactics -- Rules for establishing rapport -- General tactical guidelines -- Interpretation of unspoken behavior -- The search for truth -- 12. Hostage negotiations -- Communications in hostage situations -- Goals in hostage situations -- Profile of hostage negotiation teams -- The critical incident negotiation team.
- Subjects: Communication in police administration.; Communication in law enforcement.; Interpersonal communication.;
- © c2013., Pearson,
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- Police-community relations and the administration of justice / by Hunter, Ronald D.; Barker, Thomas.; Mayhall, Pamela D.(Pamela Douglass),1939-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.1. The administration of justice and the police -- Introduction -- The idea of justice -- Justice defined -- The mission of a justice system -- The challenges of administering justice in a free society -- The components of the U.S. justice system -- The structure of the police system in America -- Where the police "fit" within the U.S. justice system -- 2. Police role concept in a changing society -- Great expectations -- Perception -- Role concept -- The police officer's roles -- Police role conflict -- Formation of role concepts -- The media and role concepts -- Factors and conditions of change -- The paradoxes of police practice -- Toward a realistic role concept -- Toward a congruent role -- Elements of change -- Criteria for change -- Policing in a changing society --3. Police-community relations : an overview -- The police-community environment -- Defining police-community relations -- Acceptance of the concept of police-community relations -- Acceptance as a sign of progress -- Tight finances and their effects -- A historical perspective -- Selling the police to the people -- Internalizing community relations -- Systems and communities -- The many communities in community relations -- 4. Public relations and community relations : a contrast -- Public relations and/or community relations? -- Common framework for analyzing community and public relations -- Processes involved in the activity -- Citizen involvement -- Program examples --5. The public and the police : a consortium of communities -- External communities -- Internal communities -- 6. Relations with the police organization -- Life inside a police organization -- The formal organization -- Organizational units -- The informal organization -- Police organizational considerations -- Dealing with other employees -- Dealing with subordinates -- Dealing with peers -- 7. Coping with the human experience of being a cop -- Change and the police -- What policing does to the police -- Social hazards of policing -- Economic hazards of policing -- Health hazards -- Coping with being a cop --8. The communication process -- Communication in action -- The process of communication -- Modes of interpersonal communication -- Verbal and paralanguage cues -- Kinesics and proxemics cues -- Symbolic cues -- Official communication -- Effective listening -- Empathy -- Blocks to effective communication -- Strategies of change -- 9. Police discretion and community relations -- Discretion in the system -- Selective and discriminatory enforcement -- Decision making at an administrative level -- Decision making at an operational level -- Justifications for selective enforcement -- The question of professionalism -- Legal authority for selective enforcement -- Writs of Mandamus -- Selective enforcement and appropriate guidelines -- Structuring police discretion -- Looking toward tomorrow --10. Community policing -- The evolution of police service models -- The development of community police models -- Technological advances and community policing -- The current status of community policing -- Community policing applications -- Recommendations for implementing community policing -- 11. The media link -- Massive media impact -- Community relations context -- Commitment to crime coverage -- Exploitation of crime news -- Public reaction to media coverage -- Conflict between media and police -- A clear need for guidelines -- Setting guidelines -- Crisis guidelines for the media -- Ongoing problems -- Strategies for the future -- New mutual goals --12. Special populations and the police -- Special problems for the police -- Understanding the young -- Understanding the elderly -- Understanding the handicapped -- Understanding the homeless -- Youth, the elderly, the handicapped, and the homeless : shared problems -- Youth, the elderly, the handicapped, and the homeless : a few contrasts -- The problems with programs -- A new approach -- 13. Community relations in the context of culture -- The cultural context of community relations -- Cross-cultural factors -- Improving community relations in the context of culture -- 14. The dilemmas of dissent and political response -- Dissent : catalyst of progress -- Arenas for dissent -- Strategies of dissent and response -- Escalation and de-escalation of conflict -- Outcomes -- The battle of Seattle --15. Conflict management -- Maintaining an orderly community -- Crisis negotiations -- Hostage negotiations -- A broader concept -- Conflict intervention at the community level -- 16. Community participation in the new millennium -- The concept of community participation -- Development of community participation -- Systems and community values -- Two types of community participation -- Police-community relations in the new millennium -- The impact of world and national events on communities -- The war on terror and impacts of homeland security -- Improving police-community relations in the new millennium -- Choosing community-specific strategies -- Recommended police-related Web sites.
- Subjects: Police-community relations; Police; Criminal justice, Administration of;
- © c2008., Pearson/Prentice Hall,
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- Step on a crack [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-; Ledwidge, Michael.; Slattery, John.; Rogers, Reg.;
Read by John Slattery and Reg Rogers.During a state funeral for a former First Lady at a New York City cathedral, armed men disguised as monks seize the church and dozens of hostages, and NYPD officer Michael Bennett takes on the dangerous role of lead negotiator in the standoff.Produced and directed by Kevin Thomsen.
- Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Audiobooks.; Kidnapping; Terrorists; Police; Audiobooks;
- © p2007., Hachette Audio,
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- When darkness falls : [electronic resource] : Jack Swyteck series, book 6. by Grippando, James.; Davis, Jonathan.;
Narrator: Jonathan Davis.Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck isn't looking for a new client, at least not one who is homeless and in jail for threatening to jump off a bridge. But from the moment Jack is called to defend the man, who goes by the name Falcon, something is amiss. For one thing, Falcon comes up with the $10,000 bail -- in cash. Then the body of a brutally murdered woman is found in the trunk of the abandoned car in which he is living. Panicked and on the run, Falcon takes Jack's best friend, Theo, hostage. They end up barricaded in a motel room, and Theo isn't the only one at Falcon's mercy. Jack must work with the cops and their crackerjack negotiator to free Theo and the other captives before Falcon decides he has nothing to lose by killing them all. What Jack doesn't know is that Falcon has a much bigger agenda, and that there are people behind the scenes who will stop at nothing to keep their dangerous secrets.Electronic reproduction.
- Subjects: Electronic books.; Fiction.; Mystery.; Thriller.;
- On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=118056 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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