Citation

Coker AL, Fisher BS, Bush HM, Swan SC, Williams CM, Clear ER, DeGue S. Violence Against Women 2015; 21(12): 1507-1527.

Affiliation

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801214545284

PMID

25125493

Abstract

Evidence suggests that interventions to engage bystanders in violence prevention increase bystander intentions and efficacy to intervene, yet the impact of such programs on violence remains unknown. This study compared rates of violence by type among undergraduate students attending a college campus with the Green Dot bystander intervention (n = 2,768) with students at two colleges without bystander programs (n = 4,258). Violent victimization rates were significantly (p <.01) lower among students attending the campus with Green Dot relative to the two comparison campuses. Violence perpetration rates were lower among males attending the intervention campus. Implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.

Language: en