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About Ari Cowan

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The PAR Model

• Overview of the PAR Model
• Video: Interview with Ari Cowan and corrections Superintendent John J. Aldana, Sr.
• The cost of violence
• Conceptual foundations for the model
• Comparing the PAR Model with the more traditional punitive approach
• Comparing the results produced by the PAR Model and the punitive approach
• The "construct" and the experience of reality
• The PAR Model definition of violence
• The role fear plays in violence
• The "objectification/action process" necessary for most human violence
• Violence: The degrees of severity
• The "five bodies" approach
• Violence and developmental stages
• Resiliency — building a violence "immune system"

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• Violence and the Alchemy of Being: Summary
• Violence and the Alchemy of Being: The book
• Acts of Courage, Acts of Cowardice: Flash movie
• Acts of Courage, Acts of Cowardice: The book
• Acts of Courage, Acts of Cowardice: Samples

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