Dating Violence
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Effective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will achieve the intended outcome. |
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Promising | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will achieve the intended outcome. |
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Ineffective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will not achieve the intended outcome. |
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Negative Effects | Implementing the program, or program encompassed by the practice, will not result in intended outcome(s) and may result in harmful effects. |
Programs
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| Program Profile: Bringing in the Bystander High School Curriculum |
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Stalking, Violent crime, Assault, Dating violence, School climate, Rape and sexual assault, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18), Intimate partner violence, Victims of crime | The goal of this bystander-focused, classroom-delivered curriculum is to reduce rates of interpersonal violence among high school students. The program is rated Ineffective. The program had no statistically significant impact on various measures of interpersonal violence, victim empathy, and measures of proactive bystander behavior. There was a statistically significant decrease for the treatment group in bystander denial about the role students could play in preventing interpersonal violence. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: One Love Escalation Workshop for Dating Abuse Prevention in the Military |
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Dating violence, Military personnel, Bullying, Crime prevention | This program involves film and guided discussion to promote bystander behavior related to dating abuse. The program is rated Ineffective. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and control groups on intervening when a peer was being harmed or physically hurt by an intimate partner, or when a peer was intoxicated or being bullied. The intervention group was statistically significantly more likely to intervene in peer self-harm, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: IMpower Program for American Indian Girls |
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Tribal youth, Dating violence, School climate, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Victimization, Tribal, Juvenile (under 18), Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Intimate partner violence, Victims of crime | This was a sexual assault prevention program adapted for American Indian girls that sought to reduce sexual assault victimization and to improve sexual assault resistance skills and self-defense knowledge. The program is rated Promising. Girls who received the intervention reported statistically significantly lower rates of sexual assault and sexual harassment, compared with girls in the comparison group. However, there was no impact on reported rates of physical dating violence. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: TakeCARE |
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Dating violence, Campus Crime, School climate, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18) | This is an online video program that seeks to promote and increase high school and college students’ efficacy in performing helpful bystander behavior in instances of relationship or sexual violence, to reduce sexual violence among young adults and adolescents. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group showed statistically significant increases in observed and self-reported bystander behavior and in efficacy to intervene, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Meditation for Female Trauma IPV Survivors with Co-Occurring Disorders |
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Dating violence, Mental health, Coping, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime | This is a therapeutic program that used meditation to improve mental health outcomes for female survivors of interpersonal violence with co-occurring disorders. The program is rated Promising. Women in the treatment group who participated in the meditation curriculum had a statistically significant fewer number of mental health and trauma symptoms, and a higher level of reliable change in mental health and trauma symptoms, compared with women in the control group who received services as usual. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Cautioning and Relationship Abuse (CARA) [Southampton, England] |
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Dating violence, Problem-oriented policing, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Intimate partner violence, Violent crime, Arrests | This was a policing strategy designed to reduce the severity of intimate partner violence and the rearrests of males who had been previously arrested for, or had admitted to, a first domestic violence offense and received a conditional caution. The program is rated Promising. Results indicated a statistically significant reduction in frequency and prevalence of rearrests of persons assigned to the treatment group compared with those assigned to the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Green Dot Intervention Program |
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Dating violence, Campus Crime, Drug-Related Victimization, School climate, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Victimization, Victims of crime, Juvenile (under 18) | This program is designed to increase active-bystander behaviors and reduce dating and sexual violence in college and high school students. The program is rated Promising. Students who participated in the program had a statistically significantly greater number of observed and self-reported active-bystander behaviors than students who did not participate. However, there was no statistically significant impact on sexual violence victimization or sexual harassment. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Social Learning/Feminist Intervention |
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Girls, Dating violence, Foster care/child welfare system, Victimization, Victims of crime, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Violent crime, Crime prevention, Rape and sexual assault | This is a 12-session program for adolescent females with a history of exposure to violence/abuse and involvement in the child welfare system. The goal of the program was to reduce re-victimization in teen dating situations. The program used a health-promotion approach to help girls develop healthy relationships. The program is rated Promising. The intervention had a statistically significant impact on reducing physical re-victimization, but not sexual re-victimization. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Risk Detection/Executive Function Intervention |
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Girls, Dating violence, Foster care/child welfare system, Victims of crime, Victimization, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Intimate partner violence, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This is a program for adolescent females with a history of violence/abuse and involvement in the child welfare system. The goal of the program was to reduce re-victimization in teen dating situations. The program used mindfulness-based, cognitive interventions to build skills for responding to risky situations (including reasoning and problem solving). The program is rated Promising. The intervention was shown to statistically significantly reduce sexual and physical re-victimization. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Youth Relationships Project |
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Dating violence, Children exposed to violence, Youth development, Victimization, Intimate partner violence, Violent crime, Crime prevention | This was a community-based prevention program that targeted youth at risk of becoming involved in abusive relationships. The program was rated Promising. Treatment group youth demonstrated statistically significant reductions in physical abuse perpetration and trauma symptoms and a lower likelihood of emotional abuse and threatening behavior victimization, compared with control group youth. However, there were no differences between groups in threatening behavior perpetration or hostility. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial |
Practices
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| Practice Profile: Male-Targeted, Sexual Assault-Prevention Program |
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Dating violence, Rape and sexual assault, Violent crime, Crime prevention, Intimate partner violence | This practice encompasses programs that are designed to reduce the prevalence of sexual assaults by targeting potential perpetrators directly. Programs include components designed to build empathy for victims, break down myths about rape, and train bystanders to intervene in potential assaults. The practice is rated Effective for reducing future intent to be sexually aggressive and for increasing future prevention efforts but is rated Ineffective for reducing actual sexual assault perpetration. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Programs to Reduce Dating and Sexual Violence for Youth and Young Adults |
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Dating violence, School safety, Campus Crime, School climate, Juvenile delinquency, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18), Victimization, Intimate partner violence, Rape and sexual assault | This practice involves a range of prevention and intervention programs that are designed to address problems associated with dating violence for youth and young adults. The practice is rated Effective for reducing the perpetration of dating violence and improving dating violence knowledge and attitudes. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing dating and sexual violence victimization, reducing sexual violence perpetration, and for improving bystander behaviors. Date Posted: |
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