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The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP) is a volunteer-run conflict transformation program. Teams of trained AVP facilitators conduct experiential workshops to develop participants' abilities to resolve conflicts without resorting to manipulation, coercion, or violence. Typically, each workshop lasts 18–20 hours over a two or three-day period. The workshop events place a strong emphasis on the experiences that participants bring into the room, building confidence that everyone contributes something of value to violence prevention. AVP groups and facilitators are active in communities and prisons across the United States and in many other countries.〔(Delahanty, Summary of research on effectiveness of AVP (2004) )〕 ==History== The project began in 1975 when inmates at Green Haven Prison in New York State, asked local Quakers to help them teach incarcerated youth how to resolve conflicts nonviolently. The success of the workshops quickly spread by word of mouth, and the program took root in many State and Federal prisons throughout the country. Workshops are now offered in communities, businesses, churches, neighborhood centers, community associations, women's shelters and other locales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AVP/USA, Inc. - )〕 While particular workshops can be modified to meet the needs of a specific group, the fundamental objectives are: (a) to encourage individuals to take responsibility for themselves and the consequences of their behavior, (b) to serve as one another’s community, and (c) to find options other than fight or flight when faced with conflict. AVP asks participants to voluntarily participate in its workshops, and avoids situations where attendance is mandatory. Anyone, including a prison inmate, who is willing to apply AVP principles in his or her own life, can be trained as a facilitator. 〔(Walrath, Evaluation of an Inmate-Run Alternatives to Violence Project ), JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE, Vol. 16 No. 7, July 2001 697-711〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alternatives to Violence Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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