RT Article
T1 Re-Envisioning Bystander Programs for Campus Sexual Violence Prevention
JF Journal of family violence
VO 38
IS 8
SP 1677
OP 1688
A1 Brush, Lisa D.
A1 Miller, Elizabeth
A2 Miller, Elizabeth
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1862622779
AB Purpose Bystander programs are central to efforts to address CSV prevention. In the U.S., they are mandated in the 2013 Campus Sexual Violence Elimination (Campus SaVE) Act. This practice note shares early exploration on one university campus in re-envisioning bystander programs by centering experiences, analyses, and activism of Black, Indigenous, and other women of color, students and youth, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and gender non-conforming people (LGBTQI +).MethodWe conducted a narrative review of the theoretical and empirical literature on bystander intervention programs, drew from documentary and visionary materials on alternative perspectives and practices, and reflected on research, policy, and practice challenges on our own campus.ResultsBystander programs are designed to: enhance community members’ awareness, skills, and intervention intentions; address all members of a community; and change behavior by countering widespread misperceptions about the prevalence and acceptability of sexual violence. All three design elements remain aspirational. Intersectional, anti-racist, gender-transformative, and anti-carceral approaches offer strategies for shifting community and social norms to promote community accountability and transformative justice.ConclusionsCSV prevention may be enhanced by re-envisioning U.S. bystander intervention programs and encouraging systemic approaches that integrate intersectional, anti-racist, gender-transformative, and anti-carceral insights and initiatives to promote more inclusive and transformational measures to prevent CSV.
K1 Anti-racism
K1 Anti-carceral
K1 Intersectionality
K1 Campus sexual violence
K1 Social norms
K1 Bystander
K1 Gender
K1 Prevention
K1 violence against women
DO 10.1007/s10896-022-00458-7