Violence is a strategy for getting power and control. This strategy comes from two sources:
It is taught as a legitimate method for gaining power and control, and
It is a response to fear.
The Violence Integrative Prevention and Restoration (PAR) Model identifies a number of manifestations of fear. By recognizing fear and applying healthy, nonviolent power and control strategies, violence can be avoided and resiliency strengthened.
Some of the manifestations of fear identified under the Model are fear of:
Imperfection and discovery of imperfection.
Need.
Failure.
Loss of identity, ordinariness.
Annihilation, emptiness.
Deviation from the norm, not belonging.
Pain.
Weakness.
Resolution through conflict.
Responsibility.
Shame, humiliation, and disparagement.
Freedom (responsibility for self).
Meaninglessness.
Loss — physical, emotional, mental, environmental and spiritual.
