The Benefits of Peer Mediation in the Context of Urban Conflict and Program Status

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ID10856401
AuthorsRonnie Casella (Central Connecticut State University, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume35
Issue3
Pages324-355
Publication date2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085900353004
OpenAlexW2153032602
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited21

Much research on the topic of violence prevention tends to survey the effectiveness of programs, including peer mediation, without attention to how programs are instituted and maintained in schools. This study of a high school peer mediation program examines several aspects of the process including the training of student mediators, the curriculum, the dynamics of actual mediation sessions, and the comments of mediators and trainers as they described the process. Peer mediation defines conflict in a way that prevents examination of certain conflict issues, especially those related to inequity and prejudice. Whereas peer mediation is designed to resolve conflicts in schools, it is the mediators themselves who benefit most from the programs—not the disputants

Alternative dispute resolution · Conflict resolution · Context (archaeology) · Curriculum · Mediation · Party-directed mediation · Pedagogy · Political science · Process (computing) · Public relations · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Computer Science · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice

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