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Hostages Bond in Stockholm Robbery
- During the 1973 Stockholm bank robbery, hostages bonded with their captors, even protecting them from police harm.
- They developed a micro-society over six days, showing notable sympathy and cooperation.
Stockholm Syndrome as Situational Symptoms
- Stockholm syndrome is a situational psychological grouping of symptoms, not a clinical diagnosis.
- It describes captives' attachment to captors, sometimes manifesting as compassion or siding with them against perceived threats.
Patty Hearst's Kidnapping and Robbery
- Patty Hearst was kidnapped at 19 by the Symbionese Liberation Army and later appeared robbing a bank with them.
- Her case became the iconic, controversial example of alleged Stockholm syndrome in the US.