A Comprehensive Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention

Basile, Kathleen C.

doi:10.1056/nejme1503952

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“…Some have argued that SV prevention efforts would have the largest impact on the public’s health if they focused on preventing SV perpetration (Basile 2015; Tharp et al 2013). Across numerous studies, substance use, rape supportive attitudes, childhood abuse, witnessing parental violence, low parental support/monitoring, and negative peer influences are consistent risk factors for adolescent SV perpetration (Banyard et al 2006; Borowsky et al 1997; Maxwell et al 2003; White and Smith 2004).…”

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Protective Factors for Sexual Violence: Understanding How Trajectories Relate to Perpetration in High School

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Adolescent sexual violence (SV) perpetration is a significant public health problem. Many risk factors for perpetration are known, but less is known about what protects youth from perpetration, or how protective factors change over time. This longitudinal study reports trajectories of four potential protective factors for SV perpetration (empathy, parental monitoring, social support, and school belonging) across middle and high school and examines their relationship to SV perpetration in high school. Findings reveal that youth who identified as SV perpetrators had significantly lower mean empathy scores (d = − 0.18, 95 % CI [−0.26, −0.10]) and social support scores (d = − 0.05, 95 % CI [−0.14, −0.03]) at the beginning of middle school than non-perpetrators. We also found that youth who identified as SV perpetrators had a quicker deceleration in parental monitoring (slopes) and empathy from middle to high school, compared to non-perpetrators. Within-sex differences emerged; significant differences in slopes were detected for school belonging between male perpetrators and male non-perpetrators (Wald test = 3.76 (1), p = .05) and between female perpetrators and female non-perpetrators (Wald test = 3.95(1), p = .04). Significant differences in slopes for empathy between female perpetrators and female non-perpetrators (Wald test = 4.76(1), p = .03) were also detected. No differences were found between male and female SV perpetrators for either empathy or school belonging. These findings have implications for the content and timing of adolescent SV prevention efforts. Intervention in adolescence, involving parents and schools in a comprehensive, multi-level approach, may be effective in preventing SV perpetration.

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“…They may also make changes to enhance their perceived control following assault, which is known to predict better recovery (Frazier, 2003). Given the reality that individual-focused protective strategies alone cannot stop rape makes it critical to also develop perpetrator- and societal-focused prevention strategies and norms reflecting a broader ecological approach (Basile, 2015).…”

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Risk Avoidance Strategies After Sexual Assault: A Dyadic Study of Survivors and Informal Support Providers

Ullman

Lorenz

O’Callaghan

2018

Victims & Offenders

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Interview data from 45 matched pairs of survivors disclosing sexual assaults and their primary informal support provider (friend, family, significant other) were used to explore survivor-support provider perspectives on self-protective behaviors survivors and those close to them take to protect themselves from future assaults. Strategies for reducing risk taken by survivors included behavioral changes, security measures, self-defense strategies, avoiding alcohol/drugs, and protecting others. Support providers play critical roles by encouraging survivors to pursue risk avoidance strategies, and employing these strategies themselves. Counseling and prevention implications are drawn in the context of risks facing survivors trying to avoid further sexual victimization.

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“…Second, primary prevention focused on "potential perpetrators" (of sexual violence, online hate, indiscriminate circulation of private pictures) must be part of a "comprehensive, multilevel approach." 76 Third, comprehensive education must start at a younger age than when students first arrive at college. Fourth, a "socialecologic model" suggests that we must look at (and presumably transform) not just the individuals who may become perpetrators, but "the context of relationships, communities, and the larger society."…”

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Taming the Wild West: Online Excesses, Reactions and Overreactions

Ross

2016

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A Comprehensive Approach to Sexual Violence Prevention

Cited by 56 publications

References 12 publications

Protective Factors for Sexual Violence: Understanding How Trajectories Relate to Perpetration in High School

Protective Factors for Sexual Violence: Understanding How Trajectories Relate to Perpetration in High School

Risk Avoidance Strategies After Sexual Assault: A Dyadic Study of Survivors and Informal Support Providers

Taming the Wild West: Online Excesses, Reactions and Overreactions

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