Alternative Dispute Resolution

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This paper discusses the perspective of a media source (CNN) regarding conflict resolution between children. The paper presents the facts surrounding the shootings at Columbine High School as a case study for the option of peer mediation programs and ADR - alternative dispute resolution. The paper also reviews the "Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology" article, "Evaluation of the first 3 years of the fast track prevention trial with children at high risk for adolescent conduct problems" and compares it to the media source.

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"Before the shootings at Columbine High School, many parents simply thought of childhood and adolescent bullying as simply a rite of passage, a natural part of growing up, rather than something to be alarmed at. However, according to the popular online media source, CNN.com, an informational news website, President Clinton echoed teachers and therapists that although "we don't know all the facts about what happened in Littleton, but one of the things that have come out of this that's really made an impression on me is that the young men who were involved in this horrible act apparently felt that they were subject to ridicule and ostracism and they were kind of social outcasts at the school. But their reaction to it was to find someone else to look down on." (CNN.com, 1999)"

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