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Introduction:
Dennis Sandole briefly explains how different response modes may need to be used in concert to prevent violence.
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Response Modes
Dennis Sandole
Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
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Ron Fisher, Laureli Kieshley contingency approach to conflict intervention which
suggests that intervention is really strategic, over time, multi-levels,
multi-sectored, multi actors, and it involves different tasks. Hopefully the
tasks are coordinated but that might also involve a little bit of force earlier
on to prevent genocide. I have kind of gotten to that point in recent years, and
I mention that because quite a few people in our field wouldn't countenance the
use of force. They view using force as what the enemy does. In contrast to that,
I am a great believer of having warm positive relations with the military, with
police because both of those dimensions might be involved in different parts,
different sequences and the overarching peace keeping strategy and mission. That
is kind of where I am now within that two pronged view of the field. What causes
violent conflicts of all levels, including between husbands and wives and
between individuals? We must not forget that the US is the most violent nation
in the industrialized world. I am not sure that has been adequately dealt with
by our field. We don't really address that it seems to me, certainly not here at
ICAR. The occasional student may figure out why a Columbine occurs when it
occurs but basically there is no PhD dissertation, no MA thesis looking at
violence in the United States.
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