Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners

摘要: For many professionals working in the field of sexual assault, one most pressing questions is: “What can we do to prevent it?” Practitioners have been designing and implementing rape prevention programs for decades, researchers evaluating them almost as long. The purpose this article is summarize answers so far, because good news that learned some important lessons along way regarding adult adolescent assault. (The child abuse will not be addressed article). purposes review, terms “rape” “sexual assault” used interchangeably. However, it won’t take long readers realize there are far more than answers. second provide concrete guidance practitioners on how design, implement, evaluate real world where don’t all from research conducted far. In recent years, several resource materials published violence prevention. · example, Centers Disease Control Prevention a document 2004 entitled Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning Dialogue. Similarly, National Resource Center Spectrum Towards Community Solution (Davis, Parks, & Cohen, 2006). Both these documents an overview comprehensive approach practitioners, including detailed examples interventions at various levels influence (e.g., individual, interpersonal, community, societal). CDC report also offers agencies determine which components may best meet their organizational mission, goals, resources. These help carefully think through strategy understand particular intervention might fit within larger picture. They identify specific goals targeted different time points when activities occur. Many people believe type integrated likely create sustain changes broader societal norms.