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Model Policies - CCI has developed a core set of 12 model policy guidelines which are considered foundational for adequate crisis management preparation. Geared toward the international Christian community, these core guideline policies include the following areas:

Payment of Ransom, Yielding to Extortion
Negotiation with Kidnappers and Hostage-takers
Family Relocation
Notification to Governments in Kidnapping & Hostage Taking
Risk Assessment
Contingency Plans
Training
The Crisis Management Team
Information Management
Member Care
Evacuation Authority
Evacuation Criteria

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Caring for the Harvest Force in Crisis Situations
by Robert Klamser, Executive Director, CCI
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Residential Safe Rooms: A List of Considerations

Compiled by CCI from various sources

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Recommended Reading List From Crisis Consulting International
Hostages' Accounts | Crisis Management | Terrorism | Security & Protection | Victim Issues

Hostages’ Accounts:

Anderson, Terry, Den of Lions, 1993, Crown Publishers, Inc.
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Dehart, Joel, The Upper Hand, 1994, Joel Dehart (17 W. Cloverdale Ave., Pine Hill, NJ, 08021).
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Hargrove, Thomas R., Long March to Freedom, 1995, Random House.
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Kennedy, Moorhead, The Ayatollah in the Cathedral – Reflections of a Hostage, 1986, The Myran Institute.
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia, News of a Kidnapping, 1997, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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Sutherland, Tom, At Your Own Risk, 1996, Fulcrum Publishing.
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Testrake, Captain John, Triumph Over Terror On Flight 847, 1987, Fleming H. Revell Co.
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Waite, Terry, Taken on Trust, 1993, Harcourt, Brace and Co.
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Crisis Management:

Bernstein, Peter L., Against The Gods – The Remarkable Story of Risk, 1996, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Charles, Michael T. & Kim, John Choon (editors), Crisis Management: A Case Book, 1988, Charles C. Thomas, publisher.
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Cohn, Robin, The PR Crisis Bible, 2000, Truman Talley Press.
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Fink, Steven, Crisis Management: Planning for the Inevitable, 1986, American Management Association.
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Grose, Vernon L., Managing Risk, 1987, Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Jenkins, Brian (editor), Terrorism and Personal Protection, 1985, Butterworth Publishers.
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Mitroff, Ian, Managing Crises Before They Happen, 2001, American Management Association.
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Mitroff, Ian; Pearson, Christine; Harrington, L. Katharine, The Essential Guide to Managing Corporate Crisis, 1996, Oxford University Press.
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Mitroff, Ian; Pearson, Christine; Crisis Management: A Diagnostic Guide for Improving Your Organization's Crisis-Preparedness, 1993, Jossey-Bass Publishers.
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Nudell, Mayer & Antokol, Norman, The Handbook for Effective Emergency and Crisis Management, 1988, Lexington Books.
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Winham, Gilbert R. (editor), New Issues in International Crisis Management, 1988, Westview Press, Inc.
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Terrorism:

Bodansky, Yosef, Bin Laden: The Man Who Declared War On America, 1999, Prima Publishing.
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Bodansky, Yosef, The High Cost of Peace: How Washington's Middle East Policy Left America Open to Terrorism, 2002, Prima Publishing.
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Clutterbuck, Richard, Terrorism in An Unstable World, 1994, Rutledge Publishers.
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Gabriel, Mark A., Ph.D., Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence and the Goals of the Islamic Jihad, 2002, Charisma House.
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Hagedorn-Auerbach, Ann, Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping, 1998, Henry Holt & Co.
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Henderson, Harry, Global Terrorism, 2001, Checkmark Books.
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Hoffman, Bruce, Inside Terrorism, 1998, Columbia University Press.
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Lesser, Ian & Hoffman, Bruce, Countering the New Terrorism, 1999, The RAND Corp.
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Netanyahu, Benjamin (editor), Terrorism: How the West Can Win, 1986, The Jonathan Institute.
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Netanyahu, Benjamin (editor), International Terrorism: Challenge and Response, 1989, Transaction Publishers.
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Reich, Walter (editor), Origins of Terrorism, 1990, The Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge.
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Reeve, Simon, The New Jackals, 1999, Andre Deutsch.
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Robinson, Adam, Bin Laden: Behind The Mask of a Terrorist, 2001, Arcade Publishing.
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Turner, Stansfield, Terrorism and Democracy, 1991, Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Security and Protection:

Aroney-Sine, Dr. Christine, Survival of the Fittest, 1994, MARC.
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Bolz, Frank, Jr., Dudonis, Kenneth, Schultz, David, The Counterterrorism Handbook, 1990, Elsevier Science Publishing Co, Inc.
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Livingston, Neil, The Complete Security Guide for Executives, 1989, Lexington Books.
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Quarles, Chester L., Terrorism – Avoidance & Survival, 1991, Butterworth – Heinemann.
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Rogers, Charles & Sytsma, Brian, A Shield About Me, 1998, MARC Publications.
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Savage, Peter, The Safe Travel Book, 1993, Lexington Books.
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Scotti, Anthony, Executive Safety and International Terrorism, 1986, Prentice-Hall, Inc.
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Van Brabant, Koenraad, Operational Security Management in Violent Environments, 2000, Good Practice Review, Humanitarian Practice Network, Overseas Development Institute.
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Windsor, Natalie, The Safe Tourist, 1989, CorkScrew Press.
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Victim Issues:

Hicks, Robert, Failure to Scream, 1993, Thomas Nelson Publishers.
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Matsakis, Aphrodite, Ph.D., I Can’t Get Over It: A Handbook for Trauma Survivors (2^nd Edition), 1996, New Harbinger Publications, Inc.
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Mitchell, Jeffrey T., Ph.D. & Everly, George S., Jr., Ph.D., Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: An Operations Manual, 1996, Chevron Publishing Corp.
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Mitchell, Jeffrey T. Ph.D. & Everly, George S., Jr., Ph.D., Innovations in Disaster and Truama Psychology, Vol. II: Critical Incident Stress Management, 1997, Chevron Publishing Corp.
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