The June 2011 issue of the journal Violence Against Women will include many articles about research on bystander programs designed to prevent sexual violence and domestic violence. It is great to see so many articles looking at prevention programs.

Christine Gidycz

Check out this PreventConnect podcast interview with authors Christine Gidycz, Ph.D., and Alan Berkowitz, Ph.D., discussing their article “Preventing Sexual Aggression among College Men: An Evaluation of a Social Norms and Bystander Intervention Program.”

Other articles released online so far include

• Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling, John D. Foubert, Hope M. Brasfield, Brent Hill, and Shannon Shelley-Tremblay, The Men’s Program: Does It Impact College Men’s Self-Reported Bystander Efficacy and Willingness to Intervene?
• Courtney E. Ahrens, Marc D. Rich, and Jodie B. Ullman, Rehearsing for Real Life: The Impact of the InterACT Sexual Assault Prevention Program on Self-Reported Likelihood of Engaging in Bystander Interventions
• Mary M. Moynihan, Victoria L. Banyard, Julie S. Arnold, Robert P. Eckstein, and Jane G. Stapleton, Sisterhood May Be Powerful for Reducing Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence: An Evaluation of the Bringing in the Bystander In-Person Program with Sorority Members
• Jackson Katz, H. Alan Heisterkamp, and Wm. Michael Fleming, The Social Justice Roots of the Mentors in Violence Prevention Model and Its Application in a High School Setting
• Ann L. Coker, Patricia G. Cook-Craig, Corrine M. Williams, Bonnie S. Fisher, Emily R. Clear, Lisandra S. Garcia, and Lea M. Hegge, Evaluation of Green Dot: An Active Bystander Intervention to Reduce Sexual Violence on College Campuses

This research gives us an opportunity to strengthen our prevention efforts using the bystander approach.

Gidycz and Berkowitz on Preventing sexual aggression among college men

Jackson Katz

On May 21st and 22nd, 2009, CALCASA’s PreventConnect program staff were pleased to record several podcasts at A CALL TO MEN‘s 4th National Conference in New York City, NY.

This is a discussion between national leaders in the men’s anti-violence movement about expanding violence prevention work for men and boys. It focuses on the many intersections of oppression and a range of persistent social problems on the radar screen of policy makers.

Participants in the discussion include: Oliver Williams, Executive Director of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community; Etiony Aldarondo, Associate Dean for Research in the School of Education at the University of Miami and Co-Chair of the steering committee for the National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence; Rob Okun, Editor of Voice Male Magazine; and David J. H. Garvin, Program Director of the Alternatives to Domestic Aggression Program at Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County. The discussion is led by Jackson Katz, educator, author and filmmaker who has long been recognized as one of America’s leading anti-sexist male activists.

(65 min) Discussion led by Jackson Katz