A juvenile court intake officer or any other juvenile court personnel contributes to this lesson. Different options for resolving disputes nonviolently, including negotiation, mediation and court litigation, are explored. The process for sealing a juvenile court record and for expungement of a juvenile's record are addressed in detail. Students are introduced to ways that they can ensure that conflict doesn't lead to violence in their own lives. Students examine their own styles of resolving conflict and compare their styles with others' methods of resolving conflict.
Students use roleplays to illustrate how different situations often necessitate different responses.
Students practice giving and receiving negative feedback as a way to prevent their triggers from provoking then to respond violently. Students also brainstorm ways to de-escalate hostile conflict situations and to escape these situations without resorting to the use of violence. The law that the students have written is compared with local gun laws. National gun legislation is also mentioned. Using a resource person from a public policy institute or law enforcement organization is a valuable contribution to this lesson.