Harvey Schlossberg

Harvey Schlossberg is a former NYPD officer, Freudian psychoanalyst and the founder of modern crisis negotiation. He founded the Psychological Services department in the NYPD, where he pioneered treatment for violence-prone police. He helped solve the Williamsburg Siege in 1973,[1] coined the term Stockholm Syndrome, and helped catch David Berkowitz, AKA Son of Sam.

Schlossberg is the author of the book Psychologist With A Gun and is featured in the Library of Congress Ken Burns Award-winning documentary film Hold Your Fire [2] about the 1973 Williamsburg Siege, the longest hostage siege in NYPD history.[3]

Schlossberg trained over 70,000 crisis negotiators globally and his theories, soon adopted by the FBI,[4] Schlossberg is credited with helping catch Son of Sam and saving over 40,000 lives globally.[5] The NYPD Hostage Negotiation Team was the brainchild of NYPD chief Simon Eisdorfer. Some of the deadliest incidents in U.S. crisis negotiation, such as the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia and the 1993 Waco siege, occurred in locales where Schlossberg was never invited to train the police.

Schlossberg taught at St. John's University[6] for 27 years before retiring.

Education

Schlossberg received his PhD. from Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology.

Articles and citations

References
  1. Jones, Franklin D. "MILITARY PSYCHIATRY AND HOSTAGE NEGOTIATION" (PDF). Borden Institute. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. Forbes, Stefan (2021) "Hold Your Fire" www.holdyourfirefilm.com
  3. Rueb, Emily S. (2012-09-10). "A 1973 Hostage Situation, Revisited". City Room. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  4. ""Crisis" or "Hostage" Negotiation? The Distinction Between Two Important Terms". FBI: Law Enforcement Bulletin. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
  5. Ivins, Molly (April 26, 1977). "Police Trying To Out‐Psych The .44 Killer" – via NYTimes.com.
  6. "Harvey Schlossberg | St. John's University". www.stjohns.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-29.


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