Training Our Protectors
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  • Site Contents
    • Index of all subtopics
  • Introduction
  • Stress Effects on Police
    • Papers: Stress Effects on Police
  • Understanding Violence
    • A Complex Matrix
    • Nature-Nurture Interactions>
      • Papers
    • Child abuse and neglect>
      • Papers
      • Papers: Corporal punishment effects
    • Effects of Trauma and Stress>
      • Papers
    • Powder-keg formula>
      • Papers: Early Signs
    • The Violent Brain>
      • Brain Injury and Damage>
        • Papers
      • Genes and temperament>
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      • Neurohormonal imbalances>
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    • Intimate violence and abuse>
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    • Substance Abuse>
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    • Psychopaths and APD>
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    • Parallels of collective violence and war zones>
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  • Abuse of Power
    • Authoritarians>
      • Papers
    • Going backward: A trend toward authoritarianism>
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    • "Stand Your Ground">
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    • Prosecutor's Certainty>
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    • Innocents swept up in frenzy >
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    • He’s just "faking it” >
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    • Punitive approach>
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    • Police Brutality>
      • Papers
      • Articles: Tasers and Pepper Spray
      • SWAT Overkill-Warrior Cops
      • Militarization
      • Stop and Frisk
      • Blog and News Posts: Police Abuse
    • Racial Profiling
    • A Global Crisis>
      • Global Reports
    • Locked up and restrained>
      • Papers
      • News and blog posts
    • Torture>
      • Papers
      • News and blog posts
      • Links
    • Human Rights Abuses>
      • Reports
      • Links
      • New Page
    • Governments Mistreating Citizens>
      • Papers
    • Civil liberties>
      • Links
      • Papers
    • "War on Terror" Errors and Effects>
      • Torture Debates
      • Bush Cheney Policies
      • Overreaction to 9/11
      • New Page
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    • Systemic Corruption>
      • Papers
  • Juvenile "Injustice"
    • What are we doing to our children?
    • News around the world
    • News from U.S.
    • Links
  • Prison Nation
    • Links
    • Articles: Overview Issues
    • Mass Incarceration>
      • Papers
    • Solitary confinement
    • Supermax>
      • Articles
    • Sentencing Discrepancies>
      • Papers
    • Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
    • Three Strikes
    • The New Chain Gangs
    • Private For-Profit Prisons: Corporate welfare>
      • Links
      • Papers
      • Articles
    • Mentally ill in prison>
      • Papers and articles
    • Inside Rape>
      • Papers
    • Effects on Families and Children>
      • Papers
  • Neuroscience of law and justice
    • Fairness and Reciprocity>
      • Papers and Articles
      • Links
    • Diversity of Human Nature>
      • Papers
    • Memory>
      • How memory is reconstructed
      • Eyewitness fallibility
      • The Line-up
      • Academic Papers on Memory
    • False Confession
    • Misperception and misjudgment>
      • Papers
    • Micro-expressions>
      • Papers
    • Volition>
      • Assumptions about personal agency and self-control>
        • Papers
      • Temporary impulsive behavior
    • Prejudice and Discrimination>
      • Papers
    • Unrecognized extenuating circumstances
  • Social psychology of justice
    • Values and Attitudes>
      • Papers
    • Groupthink>
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    • System Justification>
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    • Obedience, Compliance, Conformity>
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    • Denial and Projection>
      • Papers and Articles
    • Whistleblowers as Traitors>
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    • Revisiting Zimbardo
    • Seminal Studies
    • Loyalty and Collusion>
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    • Search for belonging: gangs and mercenaries>
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    • Situational social roles>
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  • Debating Approaches
    • Punishment vs. prevention>
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      • Links
    • Gun control and Common Sense>
      • Papers
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    • Drug treatment or harsh incarceration>
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      • Links
  • Ineffective and Outdated Methods
    • Coercive Interrogation and leading questions>
      • Papers
    • Myths About Psychological Profiling>
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    • Polygraph>
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    • Tough Love and Zero Tolerance>
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    • Bounties and Informants>
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    • Boot camps>
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    • The "Bad Seed" view>
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  • Economic and Political Issues
    • Privatization: mercenary and contract security>
      • Papers
    • Inadequate training and monitoring >
      • Papers
    • Mislabeling
    • Corruption: A Quiet Violence
    • War on Poor: Draconian Policies
    • Dickens and Les Miz
  • A Broad Cultural Background
  • Solutions
    • Prevention>
      • Links
      • Papers
    • Social Investment>
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    • Restorative Justice>
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    • Helping Kids-at-Risk>
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    • Juvenile Justice alternatives>
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    • Empathy and Ethics>
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    • Conflict resolution>
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    • Community-based programs>
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    • Never Assume>
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    • Offset Damage>
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    • Healing the Hurt>
      • Links
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    • Global Approaches
    • Helping Law Enforcement Professionals>
      • Coping with danger and high-stress situations
      • Triage and Crowd Control
      • Links
      • Papers
    • Major Policy Reforms>
      • Papers
  • Resources
    • Discussion of Methods
    • Exercises and Surveys
    • Authoritarian Questionnaire
    • Values Questionnaire
    • Civil Liberties Questionnaire
  • A Look at History
    • A History of Punishment
    • Inhumane incarceration, detention>
      • Papers
    • Chain gangs, debtor’s prison, the poorhouse>
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    • Gulags, Political prisoners>
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    • Internment>
      • Papers
  • Social Advances slideshow
  • Statistics
    • General Indicators
    • Stats: Prison Population
    • Stats: Gun Violence
    • Stats: Child abuse
    • Stats: Substance-abuse related violence
  • Recommendations
    • Organizations and Advocates
    • Books
    • Video Lectures
    • TV Shows
    • Feature Films
    • Documentaries
    • Other Media
    • Exhibits
  • Index of all Links
  • Index of all paper topics
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Conflict Resolution
Intergroup Dialogue
Peacebuilding
Negotiation


  • The Eaton Model of Collective Communication            The Eaton Model is designed to build consensus even between hostile groups.
  • UNITED FOR INTERCULTURAL ACTION                 European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees [560 Organizations]
  • People building Peace                                               35 Inspiring Stories from Around the World. A Publication of the European Centre for Conflict Prevention in cooperation with IFOR and the Coexistence Initiative of the State of the World Forum
  • Search for Common Ground
  • Beyond Intractability                                                  A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict
  • Online Training Program on Intractable Conflict (OTPIC) Conflict Management and Constructive Confrontation: A Guide to the Theory and Practice
  • The PeaceWomen Project                                        Links many NGO efforts coordinated by the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the world's oldest women's peace organization.
  • The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) promotes the use of dialogue, deliberation, and other innovative group processes to help people come together across differences to tackle our most challenging problems. We serve as a gathering place, a resource clearinghouse, a news source, and a facilitative leader for the dialogue and deliberation community and beyond.
  • The Partners in Conflict/Partners in Peacebuilding Projects                                                               Works to facilitate the prevention or transformation of complex, violent conflicts, strengthen civil society, and promote transitions to appropriate and sustainable forms of democracy, using the techniques of multi-track or citizens' diplomacy.
  • Study Guides for Conflict Resolution
  • IDEA Intergroup Dialogue, Education and Action Center
  • The Program on Intergroup Relations (IGR)
  • UCLA Intergroup Dialogues
  • INCORE                                                                   This site has online seminars and is connected with The Transitional Justice Institute at the University of Ulster
  • The Center for Global Peace                                Provides a framework for programs and initiatives that advance the study and understanding of world peace grounded in a search for a just and sustainable world order. The Center works to embody the invitation in American University's Statement of Common Purpose, "turning ideas into action...and actions into service."
  • The Alliance for International Conflict Prevention and Resolution                                              
  • Program on Negotiation (PON) at Harvard Law School: A university consortium dedicated to developing the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution. 
  • International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Columbia University Teachers college: An innovative center committed to developing knowledge and practice to promote constructive conflict resolution, effective cooperation, and social justice. We partner with individuals, groups, organizations, and communities to create tools and environments  from which conflicts can be resolved constructively and just and peaceful relationships can  develop. We work with sensitivity to cultural differences and emphasize the links between theory, research, and practice. 
  • The Center for Nonviolent Communication: A global organization that supports the learning and sharing of NVC, and helps people peacefully and effectively resolve conflicts in personal, organizational, and political settings.
  • Peace Tools for Teachers
  • Teach Kids Peace
  • Jazz for Peace                                                       When we fill our souls up with creativity, artistry and intelligence, things of that nature, we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads to destruction.