TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - The Politics of Hostage Rescue: Is Violence a Route to Political Success?
JO  - Journal of contingencies and crisis management
A1  - Scanlon, Joseph
SP  - 88
EP  - 97
VL  - 9
IS  - 2
N2  - Over the years, law enforcement agencies have acquired extensive experience with hostage incidents, and most Western countries have officers trained in all aspects of hostage resolution. There are also articles and manuals outlining how to deal with the media coverage of hostage takings (Scanlon, 1989). However, because hostage rescue efforts can provide dramatic visuals that attract enormous audiences, the media have steadily intensified their coverage of such incidents. Today, a group of previously obscure persons can suddenly dominate the media agenda by successfully resisting an armed assault or by seizing hostages and calling themselves terrorists.<p /> 
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SN  - 0966-0879
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.00157
ID  - ref1
ER  -