Making Peace Occur In Our World Chapter 1 Summary

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Chapter 10 of the text book investigates the prospects of making peace occur in our world. I find this to be a controversial, yet enticing topic. At first thought, I was truly marveled by the wonder if it really could be possible to have peace in such a frenzied world, but then I began to realize that acquiring peace would indeed be possible if people were willing. The problem isn’t the prospect of peace, the problem lies within power mongers and extremists who shun the idea and create chaos to achieve their personal agendas. I personally enjoyed this chapter’s information regarding the ways to handle our society’s victims and offenders, as well as, the introduction of holistic understandings in violence. In medicine, holistic treatments

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