A systematic review of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration

By Sarah DeGue, L. A. Valle, Melissa K. Holt, Greta M. Massetti, J. Matjasko, A. Tharp. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2014

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This systematic review examined 140 outcome evaluations of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration. The review had two goals: 1) to describe and assess the breadth, quality, and evolution of evaluation research in this area; and 2) to summarize the best available research evidence for sexual violence prevention practitioners by categorizing programs with regard to their evidence of effectiveness on sexual violence behavioral outcomes in a rigorous evaluation. The majority of sexual violence prevention strategies in the evaluation literature are brief, psycho-educational programs focused on increasing knowledge or changing attitudes, none of which have shown evidence of effectiveness on sexually violent behavior using a rigorous evaluation design. Based on evaluation studies included in the current review, only three primary prevention strategies have demonstrated significant effects on sexually violent behavior in a rigorous outcome evaluation: Safe Dates (Foshee et al., 2004); Shifting Boundaries (building-level intervention only, Taylor, Stein, Woods, Mumford, & Forum, 2011); and funding associated with the 1994 U.S. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA; Boba & Lilley, 2009). The dearth of effective prevention strategies available to date may reflect a lack of fit between the design of many of the existing programs and the principles of effective prevention identified by Nation et al. (2003).

Subfields: Gender Studies, Health, Sociology and Political Science

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• "I Didn't Want To Be 'That Girl'": The Social Risks of Labeling, Telling, and Reporting Sexual Assault (2018, methodology): “Responding to the call of DeGue et al. (2014) for research laying the groundwork for multilevel approaches to sexual assault prevention, the project as a whole was conceptualized and executed in ways consistent with Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model (1977).”