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The PAR Model

Violence Integrative Prevention and Restoration (PAR) Model is a new, evidence-based, cognitive approach to violence response and prevention built upon a public health foundation. It is a significant departure from the traditional “punitive” model for dealing with violence. The PAR Model incorporates new thinking about and language for describing violence, provides a new framework for preventing and responding to violence, and presents an effective alternative to the commonly-used traditional punitive-based approaches for dealing with violence.

"Rethinking Violence" Video

Report on Clallam Bay

Robert F. Kennedy Video

To view the video "Rethinking Violence: Opportunities" which examines the opportunities to reduce violence in corrections and other settings,
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PROJECT UPDATE:
CLALLAM BAY RESULTS

Click here to view a copy of the Project Update (PDF file, 396 kb) which summarizes the results of applying the PAR Model at Washington State's Clallam Bay Corrections Center (courtesy of Edvita Institute).

To view the video of the speech, "The Mindless Menace of Violence," made by Robert F. Kennedy on April 5, 1968,
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Exploring the Model

More detailed information about the PAR Model can be found on the SpiritRidge Institute web site. A general overview of the PAR Model can be found on the following pages (click on the page title to go to the subject page):

	The Cost of Violence	The emotional, mental, economic, environmental, and quality of life costs of violence.
	The PAR Model in Brief	A basic summary of the PAR Model.
	Foundational Elements	The PAR Model is built upon three key elements, seven basic concepts, and a new vocabulary to describe violence and the functions of the PAR Model.
	Applications and Outcomes	Applications, outcomes, effectiveness, and how the PAR Model produces results.
	Comparing Models	Comparing key concepts and components of the PAR Model and the more traditional "punitive" model.
	Comparing Results	Comparing the impact (outcomes) of the "punitive" model with those of the PAR Model.
	The Construct	A key concept which describes how "reality" is experienced and how it relates to the choices human being make.
	Definition of Violence	A more exact definition which is used with the PAR Model.
	Fear	The role fear plays in the cycle of violence. The PAR Model identifies nine general manifestations of fear.
	Objectification/Action Process	The "objectification/action process" (also called "the actualization process") consists of a progression of events must take place in order for those with five functioning bodies to commit acts of violence.
	Degrees of Severity	The level of harm done to a physical, emotional, mental, environmental, and/or spiritual body.
	The "Five Bodies"	The five manifestations or “bodies” the PAR Model employs to describe individual and collective human existence.
	Developmental Stages	The PAR Model is applied to individuals and their environments in terms of general developmental stages.
	Resiliency	Resiliency is defined as the capacity of a body to withstand violent infection, trauma, and toxicity as well as the range of healthy responses available to that body to deal with the violent infection, trauma, and toxicity.
	Frequently Asked Questions	Some of the common questions frequently asked about the PAR Model.