Crisis Talk: Negotiating with Individuals in Crisis

by Heidi Kevoe-Feldman, Rein Ove Sikveland, Elizabeth Stokoe

Book Overview

Based on extensive analysis of real-time, authentic crisis encounters collected in the UK and US, Crisis Talk: Negotiating with Individuals in Crisis sheds light on the relatively hidden world of communication between people in crisis and the professionals whose job it is to help them.

The crisis situations explored in this book involve police hostage and crisis negotiators and emergency dispatchers interacting with individuals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036737529X
• ISBN13: 9780367375294
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"