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    Adamson English prep visual word 19 August 2015 The title of the book is Hostage Three by Nick Lake. Hostage Three is about a rebellious girl named Amy. She wears piercing, drinks, and smokes just to get under her dads skin. Her dad and stepmom seemed to have enough of her behavior so they decided to buy a yacht and sail around the country. During their travels they are captured by somalin pirates and are taken hostage. Amy happens to fall in love with one of the pirates but that love is short

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    In the fiction book Hostage Three by Nick Lake is about a teenage girl named Amy who’s dad decides that they are going to go on a boat trip around the world with her step-mother. AMy does not want to go on the trip but she doesn’t have an option. Her dad buys a yacht named the Daisy May and gets all of the necessities that they need for their trip including a captain and a crew. Amy does not have a good relationship with her dad and an ever worse relationship with her step-mother that she hates.

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    duress; situations such as kidnapping and hostage taking, among other situations. When put under such duress, a victim will [typically] adjust themselves into “survival mode”; in other words, they change their behavior to help them survive. One of these adjustments may end up to what they call “Stockholm Syndrome.” Stockholm Syndrome is when the victim acclimates to the situation and develops a positive relationship with their captor. Temporarily, in a hostage situation, this is great because a positive

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    The Iran Hostage Crisis November 4, 1979, is remembered by lots of people, probably because it was in their lifetime that it happened, it's when sixty-six people were taken hostage at the U.S Embassy in Tehran, this was called The Iran Hostage Crisis, and it was only the start. The Iran Hostage Crisis was truly a tragedy, people didn’t know if they would come home, would they see their families again, would they get out of this alive, and if they did, when would they be released. The tragedy happened

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    The Process of Hostage Negotiation Essay

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    What is hostage negotiation? Hostage negotiation can be defined as “a negotiation between law enforcement agencies, diplomatic or other government representatives for the release of persons held hostage against their will by criminal, terrorist or other elements” (www.negotiations.com). When hostages are taking, it puts the lives of the hostages, police officers, and people who are around the vicinity of the incident into danger. It can also be harmful in the aspect of being both emotional and

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    London Syndrome

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    relate to a hostage taker. All together for a hostage to truly have this Stockholm disorder they should have three key things: First, the hostage taker and casualty must be as one for a certain amount of time. Second, the hostage must be in direct social contact amid the occurrence. For instance, physical partition of the hostages, (complete segregation in a different room) from the hostage taker will probably anticipate advancement of the impact. Third, the hostage taker must treat the hostage good (Bartol

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    The West and the World: 1945 - Present 20 November 2016 The Iran Hostage Crisis The Iran Hostage Crisis changed the political connections between the United States and Iran for several years to come. The Iran Hostage Crisis became a symbol of America 's global power and influence On November 4, 1979, Iranian students stormed the US embassy in Tehran, Iran, and took sixty-three Americans hostage. The students agreed that the hostages would not be released until the Shah returned to “Iran to stand trial

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    OPERATION NIMROD Operation Nimrod was a counterterrorist hostage-rescue mission operated by the British Special Forces unit: Special Air Service (SAS) in London at Iranian Embassy on May 5th 1980. Operation Nimrod is considered to be as one of the best special operations. Examining the roles of British senior civilian and military decision makers during the operation will provide a better understanding of the topic of the thesis. 1. Political-Military Situation:/ Motives for the Attack Khuzestan

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    shortcoming of correctional settings in relation to the presence of the volatile group dynamics. Moreover, there is also the issue of inmate leadership affecting the concept of negotiations. Discuss the alternatives to using negotiations There are three critical alternatives in relation to handling of crisis incidents: assault, selected sniper fire, and chemical agents. These alternatives relate to

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    Stockholm Syndrome I. Specific Purpose: To discuss the relatively overlooked psychological phenomenon known as Stockholm syndrome that influences some individuals in captive or hostage situations. II. Central Idea: To better understand this peculiarity necessitates discerning the discovery and history of the Stockholm syndrome, its characteristics, and generic causes/symptoms. III. Intro: Many of us have witnessed the enactment or effects of Stockholm syndrome through television or film. For example

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