On the Application of Hostage Complex in Anti-Hijacking Negotiations
Ensuring the safety of hostages and other persons is the highest guiding principle of the police in dealing with hostage-taking cases.Since the Munich incident,anti-hostage-taking negotiation has gradually been adopted as the preferred way to avoid escalation of conflicts.When hostages become the"tools"of confrontation between the hostage-taker and the police,they will possibly develop a strong emotional attachment to the perpetrator(i.e.,the hostage com-plex),and the mechanism of this formation can be hidden from the perspective of the hierarchy of needs,the mechanism of defence,and the theory of cognitive dissonance.In the anti-hijacking negotiations,the scientifically applied hostage complex can effectively protect the hostage's saf-ety,and actively guide the hijacker to negotiate a"non-zero-sum game"peace programme.At the same time,the police should also pay attention to the psychological reconstruction and impro-vement of the hostage after the end of the crisis,through the cognitive behavioral therapy"seven-step therapy"to eliminate the cognitive obstacles caused by the hijacking incident and adverse reactions,and to enhance the confidence and resilience of the"former hostage"to restart their lives to help them revert to normal life gradually.This will help the ex-hostage gradually return to a normal life.
Anti-Hijacking NegotiationHostage ComplexStockholm SyndromePsy-chological Reconstruction of Victimization
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