Peer Mediation and Conflict Resolution are the Solutions to Teen Violence

Every year, nearly 1 million young people between the ages of 12 and 19 are killed or beaten by their colleagues Young people are more than twice as likely as young victims to violence. Although this problem is too complex for any solution, it is useful to teach young people how to solve conflicts and how to solve nonviolent techniques. In order to reduce teenage violence, all children should be taught to settle disputes before junior high school.

Train students to resolve mediation of conflict and mediation. Some schools use dispute settlement and mediation arbitration training to cope with bullying (and other) problems. "Because bullying involves harassment with more powerful children and less vulnerable children (rather than a conflict among fellows with similar status), there are cases where normal dispute resolution strategies and mediation do not work well" . .65 For those who really need it, training is often too little, and for those already with these skills, there are too many disciplines. Instead, the school-wide approach does not assume that only the students can solve the bullying problem, requiring intervention at all levels. School, class, individual, teacher, guardian, and companion

Mediation relies on neutral third parties to help groups and individuals deal with conflict. Peer mediation is one of the most common forms of conflict resolution. Peer mediation is particularly effective in dealing with the conflict among young people. Today, school - based intermediation mediation program began in the 1980 's. They are part of the response to the increase in violence that is affecting many middle schools and high schools. Early intermediary brokerage program was established after community volunteers succeed adult program to intervene to resolve conflict between landlord and tenant, consumer and local merchant, or to fight with neighbor . The ideology that guides these community programs is that members of the community can solve all the problems except the most serious conflict without depending on lawyers, police or courts.