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"Avoiding Conflict: Dispute Resolution Without Violence" - This program details ways of stemming the rising tide of aggression in our schools and playgrounds, our streets and homes. It shows ordinary problems that can ignite into violence, and how those problems can be resolved peacefully. The program focuses not on the problems but on the solutions as it highlights anti-violence programs that have made a difference by teaching dispute resolution, avoiding conflict, solving problems nonviolently, and averting domestic and street violence. (47 minutes)

"Campus Combat Zone" - In this video, Officer Jim Corbin, Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, explains how weapons affect the quality of education, and what teachers can do to combat the trend. Legal experts explain search and seizure laws within the context of Fourth Amendment rights. Topics covered include school security, the psychology of violence, and how teachers can reinforce positive attitudes that discourage criminal behavior and promote student cooperation. (23 minutes)

"Sounding the Alarm" - This program promotes a proactive approach to fighting school crime, while examining its causes and possible solutions. The contributing roles of dysfunctional families, alcohol, drugs and violence in the media are examined, along with the rise of gangs. Enforcement techniques used to combat gang violence are provided in detail. (23 minutes)

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