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Walker founded the institute in April 1995 and since then has dedicated his work to studying the increase of youth violence all over the country, University spokes woman Pauline Austin said. “The issue is to find causes of youth violence and find ways to prevent it,” Austin said. Walker has researched this is sue for a number of years and feels more can be done to face the prob lem, she said. The institute is funded by feder al grants and works through the College of Education at the Uni versity. The IVDB was founded because of an increase in drive-by shootings but now encompasses shootings in schools. “The College of Education is taking a look at the increase in vio lence,” Austin said. Walker is continuing that re search by looking at the possible causes of violence in schools. School buildings, student pop ulation and neighborhoods are possible factors in violence in schools, Walker said. The way a building is designed, used, super vised and administered can al ways be made safer, he said. Also, the nature of the neighbor hood can factor into crime rates. A high-crime area might equal an unsafe school, Walker said. The population of students that make up the school is also a poten tial problem. “Littleton resulted by a failure at the school level, as far as the su pervision of space,” Walker said. But he stressed that Columbine High School was not to blame for the tragedy. Most schools were designed in the 1950s and ’60s and were not set up for this type of problem, Walker said. Walker said he once visited a Eugene middle school with 65 separate entrances and exits. He said although administrators can not be at every door and window, schools can be made safer. “Every school has access to in formation that can make it safer and prevent these things from happening,” he said. Securing a school can mean su pervising all entrances and exits, screening students on a regular ba sis, not allowing strangers on school property and implement ing security in middle and high schools, Walker said. But, he added, “These shootings demonstrate if you plan it careful ly, schools are highly volatile set tings for this type of thing happen ing.” In the Colorado shooting, Walk er said the sheer massacre-type at tack showed the killers’ strong be lief system. “The number of victims in this related to how carefully they planned it and how committed they were,” he said. “They were willing to give up their lives. ” Walker said many school-aged children feel the same way the two gunmen in Colorado did, but the good news is that the majority don’t act on it. “We can’t pick out these youths from a larger group and determine who will and will not commit these violent acts,” he said. ’99pids Alero GX Coupe ^ Rebate now increas r to $1000! #2075 2.4 DOHC 4Cyl, Cruise, AM/FM Cass, AC, Power Drivers Seat, 1 4 Wheel ABS, All Speed Traction, ' Pulse Wipers, Power Brakes. $16787.52 less GMAC rebate, less grad rebate $1000, plus $400 admin fee, for a net cap cost of $15,906.52. 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The Effective Behavioral Sup port program takes a school-wide approach to addressing student be havior, and the Peaceable Educa tional Practices Project offers ele mentary and middle school children alternatives to violence.In addition to early intervention pro grams, Walker identified five par enting practices that could be help ful for families with at-risk youth. The first, most important two are fair, consistent discipline and careful monitoring of children’s activities. The final three are: par ent involvement in a child’s life, using positive family management and a daily debriefing of the school day’s activities. Positive family management in cludes support, encouragement and persuasion for children, Walker said. Parents should show their children the logic they use and try to get them to understand. A daily debriefing consists sim ply of a parent and child talking together about their day and dis cussing what was good and bad, Walker said. Parents should start all of these techniques with their children at an early age, he said. “These five strategies would have a big impact on a lot of this,” he said. Walker cited Thurston shooting suspect Kip Kinkel and the Little ton suspects as examples of chil dren who were not supervised enough. Felicity Ayles can be reached via e mail atJizzer@gladstone. uoregon.edu. STUDENT TRAVEL London............$633 Paris.$726 , Madrid.$953 Brussels.$989 Frankfurt.$726 All fares are round-trip.Tax not included. Some restrictions apply. (800) 777-0112 ST A STA TRAVEL WE’VE BEEN THERE. BOOK YOUR TICKETS ON-LINE www.statravel.com ©regonSKiEmeratti The Oregon Daily Emerald is published daily Monday through Friday during the school year and Tuesday and Thursday during the summer by the Oregon Daily Emerald Publishing Co. Inc., at the University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. 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