There are many people in today's society who endure many horrible experiences and are able to overcome the harsh trials that come their way and there are those who collapse and make irrational decisions. Over the past two decades, there have been a number of incidents where individuals decided to seek justice and take it into their own hands by taking random people and loved ones hostage. While some argue that no sympathy should be given to people who take innocent civilians hostage, others also disagree. Regardless of one's perspective, it is very clear that people are being held captive against their own will. There are two types of detention against their own will: hostage or not. Hostage taking is one of the most common phenomena people experience in today's society. A hostage situation can be defined as someone holding others in order to obtain something that will provide leverage to the hostage taker (McMains, 2010). The second type of incident, known as a non-hostage incident, occurs when an individual acts out of emotion, takes someone hostage, does not want authorities involved, and generally makes irregular demands that only the hostage taker would understand. Although both of these incidents happen quite often, I'll give an example of a non-hostage incident and break it down as if I were the negotiator. I was called to the scene regarding a hostage taker, Bradley, who is holding a professor and nine students captive with his wife, Susan, whom Bradley suspects of having an affair with the college professor. After several attempts to connect to someone in the classroom where the crisis is occurring, a student responds middle of paper......the effectiveness and efficiency of the plan he developed. This can also allow them to make changes if necessary. In conclusion, there are many ways a crisis can be handled and how it will unfold depending on how negotiators respond to demands made or if the hostage taker becomes agitated or frustrated. . As I have shown in some of the examples above about the effects that allowing alcohol consumption can have on crisis. So perhaps future generations will look back and focus not so much on how to quickly resolve a crisis incident but rather give the negotiator time to reach a peaceful resolution. Works Cited McMains, M. (2010). Crisis negotiations: managing critical incidents and hostage situations in law enforcement and the correctional system [VitalSouce library version]. Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781422463239/page/463