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Reviewed on June 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
In 1973, in Stockholm, Sweden, convicted criminal Jan-Erik Olsson disappeared while on furlough, robbed a bank, and took hostages, who ended up identifying with Olsson and even defending him even as police attempted to rescue them. Their unusual behavior resulted in the term Stockholm syndrome, or hostages' tendencies to bond with their captors. King (The Trial of Adolf Hitler) offers a blow-by-blow account of this th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
