Kidnapping and Abduction

Minimizing the Threat and Lessons in Survival

Brian John Heard

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781482228168
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Cyber Security
• Index: Computer Science

Terrorist groups and organized crime cartels pose an increasing threat of kidnapping throughout many regions in the word. At the same time, international travel has become more commonplace for both business and leisure purposes. Kidnapping and Abduction: Minimizing the Threat and Lessons in Survival provides a practical guide on the precautions tra

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Demographic Distribution of Kidnap Incidents
• Chapter 3: Attack Recognition and Personal Security Strategies
• Chapter 4: Vehicle Selection
• Chapter 5: Defensive Driving
• Chapter 6: Self-Defense Strategies
• Chapter 7: Kidnapping from Ships, Oil Rigs, and Industrial Plants
• Chapter 8: Personal Protection : Body Armor
• Chapter 9: Personal Protection : Weapons
• Chapter 10: Weapons Likely to Be Used by Kidnappers and Terrorists
• Chapter 11: Survival on Being Kidnapped
• Chapter 12: Post-kidnapping Debriefing
• Chapter 13: Hostage Negotiation
• Glossary
• Appendix 1: Terrorist Groups That May Be Involved in Kidnapping
• Appendix 2: General Conversion Values
• Appendix 3: British Home Office Standards for Bullet- and Stab-Resistant Vests
• Appendix 4: National Institute of Justice Standards for Bullet-Resistant Vests
• Appendix 5: National Institute of Justice Standard 0115.00 for Stab-Resistant Body Armor
• Appendix 6: Commercial and General Abbreviations for Bullet Configurations
• Back Cover