The Three Hostages

talk with people in different types of crisis situations. This could involve an eyewitness, a crime survivor, a suicidal jumper, or a deranged man holding hostages. Understanding the art of negotiation for a variety of circumstances requires both knowledge and experience. We’ll look at victim issues, interrogations, and negotiating with hostage takers in this paper, and use a basic understanding of the subject to explain how forensic psychology is used in the show Criminal Minds and in real life.

lamd710@ritenourschools.org Hostage: Part 1 by Dianne Lam It’s 11:15 P.M. on a humid, Thursday night. My group of friends are sitting in my basement, brainstorming on what to do to pass time. As everyone is rambling on, I glance over at Don, who’s isolated himself outside the circle to scroll along his phone. We begin yelling at each other and getting furious with the emptiness coming to our minds; then Don looks up and whispers, “What about Hostage?” We all glance around at each other

OPERATION EAGLE CLAW: WHAT WENT WRONG NCOA SSG Jeremy G. Michael 15ZSLC 17-002 SFC Maradol Iran took 52 Americans hostage on November 4, 1979. The resulting failed rescue attempt, Operation Eagle Claw, was an international embarrassment for the United States. No single event or decision resulted in the mission’s failure; instead, the failure resulted from a chain of poor decisions. This single operation highlighted the need for a dedicated special operations aviation unit dedicated

of more than fifty Americans who have been taken hostage from the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran, during the Iranian revolution. The Americans were taken because of the willingness of the president at the time, Jimmy Carter, to allow Iran’s Shah asylum in the country when President Carter had developed cancer. The Iranians did not like the United States allowing the Shah into the country because he was wanted for many war crimes. Of the hostages, six of them are able to free themselves from the

Bel Canto is a fascinating book that uniquely shows the inside of a hostage situation. It follows the individuals in the house, shows the development of different relationships, whether romantic or platonic, for the hostages and terrorists. There are many distinctive characters in this story of love, loss, and heartache. One character that shines out among the rest is a man by the name of Gen Watanabe. Gen is Mr. Hosokawa’s translator who ends up being held captive with the rest. He is a different

November 4th 1979American personnel at the US embassy are taken hostage in Teheran, Iran. The United States had never faced a hostage situation like this before. It did not have the Joint Special Operations Task Force trained in planning the mission or the resources for low visibility clandestine missions. The mission to save the hostages is called Operation Eagle Claw, and it was a failure. This mission on the other hand highlighted areas in the military that need tobe improved, and when the

The coverage of Moscow theatre hostage crisis by the Russian media demonstrated how media coverage of terrorism can lead to government censorship and manipulation of the media. In the case of the Moscow theatre crisis, this censorship and manipulation included the shutdown of various independent media outlets, the creation of legislature that further diminished the possibility for a free and independent press in Russia, and the outright travel embargoes for journalists. These restrictions, created

and Abrar were two of the nineteen pirates that had boarded the Quest and held the citizens hostage just off the Somalian coast. Once their mission was done the pirates attempted to flee back to Somalia, but found their escape impeded by the United States Navy. Throughout the altercation with the U.S. Navy, three of the pirates (Beyle, Abrar and another pirate) fired and killed the four Americans hostages. As a result, the Navy then secured the boat and took the remaining pirates into custody and

to take a quick sip from his drink. “You guys know what to do, I assume?” Pvt. Eric “Angus” Truong jabbed his finger towards the wooden doors in front of him and looked up at the cameras. “We breach those doors, shoot some baddies, and escort the hostage back here into the safe zone!” he said overzealously. “Perfect. Just gimme a sec to set up the course and you’ll be ready to go.” Spc. Coby “Chemo” Huang and Cpl. Miguel “Dice” Retuerto shuffled

The Federal Republic of Germany was at a crossroads in the mid-1960s, still under the shadow of World War II, but viewing the future with optimism. In the seven years between being chosen as host and staging the event itself, Germany experienced favorable economic conditions and a belief in technocratic optimism, but was equally marked by national and international debate and dispute. The symbolic potential of the Games did not escape the Munich organizers who took just one month in 1965 to secure