Innovations in Bystander Intervention to Strengthen Prevention Efforts
Journal: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma
Now several decades old, initial enthusiasm for bystander intervention programming to prevent sexual assault and other forms of harm has waned due to limited evidence demonstrating programs’ ability to increase bystander behaviors and decrease violence at community levels (e.g., Porat et al., 2024). There is some evidence that suggests bystander intervention does change behavior, although context matters greatly (Jo…