• Theory & Research
  • Overview
  • International/Global
  • Community Development & Mobilization
  • Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
  • Bystander Approach
  • Involving & Working with Men
• Practice
  • Approaches & Blueprints
  • Specific Programs in Practice
• Evaluation

Overview

• Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention PDF (2 p.) by National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2010)
  This fact sheet is based on the NSVRC’s publication, Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution. It gives an overview of the Spectrum framework and provides examples of interventions at the six Spectrum levels. [More Info]

• Ripple Effects of Sexual Assault HTML (30 p.) by Zoë Morrison, Antonia Quadara and Cameron Boyd, Australian Centre for the Study of Sexual Assault (June 2007)
  The paper discusses some of the widespread effects of sexual assault on families, professionals and society as a whole, demonstrating the significance of sexual assault as a social issue. [More Info]

• Orientation to Violence Prevention & Scope of the Problem HTM by PREVENT
  This is a series of short, self-directed online learning modules offering an introduction to violence prevention. Each module includes several slideshow presentations with audio. A printable outline (slides and script), and a glossary are available. [More Info]

• Moving Upstream: Volume 5, Issue 1 PDF (8 p.) by Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance (Spring/Summer 2009)
  This issue addresses the use of deliberate rationales to drive primary prevention efforts. [More Info]

• Tools for Change: An Introduction to the Primary Prevention of Sexual Assault PDF (36 p.) by Morgan J Curtis and Tim Love, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (2009)
  This document introduces readers to primary prevention and to the concepts, terms and models that comprise this approach. [More Info]

• Assessment for Lifetime Exposure to Violence as a Pathway to Prevention PDF (12 p.) HTML by Linda Chamberlain with contributions from Peggy Brown, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (February 2006)
  This document provides a brief overview of the research on lifetime exposure to violence and the long-term health consequences of violence. It also examines how assessment for lifetime exposure to violence can create a pathway to prevention. [More Info]

• Building Bridges, Creating Partnerships: Sexual Violence Prevention in Rural Communities PDF (43 p.) by Gayle M Stringer, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (2003)
  Rural communities face very real and specific challenges when doing sexual assault work. The strategies shared in this publication are meant to energize and support current efforts of staff & volunteers working in rural community sexual assault programs. [More Info]

• History of Sexual Assault Prevention Efforts PDF (6 p.) by Janet Meyer, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (2000)
  This document from the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault explores the history of sexual assault prevention efforts from the 1970s to the present. [More Info]

• Media Education & Preventing Sexual Violence ORG/NEWS/ARTICLES/PDF/SVP (2 p.) by Media Education Foundation (2003)
  This fact sheet describes the impact that media has on society and gives suggestions of ways that someone doing sexual violence prevention work can encourage media literacy. [More Info]

• Partners in Social Change, Volume IX Issue 1 PDF (16 p.) by Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Sexual Assault Prevention Resource Center (Fall 2006)
  This publication focuses on rape culture and addresses the intersections between the Arenas of Action and the Spectrum of Prevention. Also discussed is the use of online surveys for evaluation. [More Info]

• Partners in Social Change, Volume IX Issue 2 PDF (16 p.) by Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Sexual Assault Prevention Resource Center (Winter 2007)
  This publication provides an overview of public health theory and also provides information for designing and administering surveys. [More Info]

• Perspectives on Sexual Violence Prevention PDF (4 p.) by Janet Meyer, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault (2000)
  This 3-page summary describes four major perspectives on sexual violence: public health; risk factors; social change; and law and criminal justice. [More Info]

• A Place to Start: A Resource Kit for Preventing Sexual Violence HTML by Sexual Violence Prevention Program of the Minnesota Department of Health
  Provides definitions and some scope of the problem of sexual violence in MN including prevalence and costs, and protective and risk factors. It offers many sample prevention ideas and tools for various communities, population groups, and service providers [More Info]

• Preventing Sexual Re-victimization: Tailoring Prevention for Previously Victimized Women PDF (2 p.) by Erin Casey, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (Winter 2003)
  This article offers insight into how we might tailor sexual violence prevention programs to specifically address issues of re-victimization. [More Info]

• Prevention Connection Web Conferences HTML by Prevention Connection, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
  Prevention Connection hosts web conferences and web dialogues on topics related to prevention of violence against women. Materials from the web conferences are available here, including readings, PPT slides, transcripts, and recordings. [More Info]

• Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault PDF (9 p.) HTML by David A. Wolfe and Peter G. Jaffe, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (January 2003)
  "As public recognition of domestic violence and sexual assault has reached increasing heights, there has been an outcry for more effective prevention programs." This paper looks at these prevention programs. [More Info]

• Prevention/Promotion Program Theory PDF (7 p.) by Peer Solutions (May 2004)
  This document describes the theories that drive Peer Solutions' teen interpersonal violence prevention program, Demonstrating Respect as the Norm, which strives to unite elementary through post-secondary schools, families and communities. [P] [More Info]

• Sexual Assault Prevention Resource Manual PDF (120 p.) by Gayle M Stringer, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs & Washington State Sexual Assault Resource Center (1999)
  This manual provides community sexual assault programs with a rational for implementing a social change/community development model for prevention programming. Contains practical examples of tools and instruments used by leaders in the prevention field. [More Info]

• Sexual Violence Prevention PDF (6 p.) by David Lee, Lydia Guy, Brad Perry, Chad Keoni Sniffen, Stacy Alamo Mixson, The Prevention Researcher (April 2007)
  This article from The Prevention Researcher highlights the foundations of effective sexual violence prevention that draw from both the feminist movement and from research based approaches in fields such as public health. [More Info]

• Sexual Violence Prevention: Beginning the Dialogue by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2004)
  Discusses sexual violence as a serious public health problem with extensive short- and long-term health consequences and identifies concepts and strategies that may be used as a foundation for planning, implementing, and evaluating prevention activities. [More Info]

• Sexual Violence Prevention: Building Leadership and Commitment to Underserved Communities HTML (1 p.) by CDC's Injury Center (April 3, 2003)
  This broadcast of the CDC Injury Prevention Centers addresses issues related to rape prevention and education. [More Info]

• Stopping the Violence Against Women: The Movement from Intervention to Prevention PDF (27 p.) by Ms. Foundation for Women (2005)
  This article includes recommendations and strategies to strengthen anti-violence prevention initiatives. It identifies tasks for developing new strategies to turn from intervention to prevention that assure women's basic needs for safety are met. [More Info]

• Through a Public Health Lens. Preventing Violence against Women: An Update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PDF (8 p.) by Corinne M. Graffunder, Rita K. Noonan, Pamela Cox, & Jocelyn Wheaton, Journal of Womens Health (2004)
  Explains how 4 core public health principles - emphasizing primary prevention, advancing the science of prevention, translating science into effective programs, & building on the efforts of others - drive current programmatic activities in prevention. [P] [More Info]

• Understanding and Preventing Violence TXT by Jeffrey A. Roth, National Institute of Justice (November 1994)
  Discusses the findings of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on the Understanding and Control of Violent Behavior, established to review the current status of research in violence. [More Info]

• Understanding Sexual Violence Using a Public Health Model PDF (12 p.) by Editor Lydia Guy, The Research and Advocacy Digest, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (January 2003)
  This issue presents an overview of resources and articles that provide insight to those seeking to understand sexual violence utilizing the public health model. [More Info]

• Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors PDF (16 p.) by National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs (November 2004)
  Addresses whether sexual and physical abuse in childhood and adolescence are risk factors for becoming a victim of violence against women as an adult. Provides useful information for the application of secondary prevention initiatives. [S] [More Info]

• A Vision for Prevention: Key Issues and Statewide Recommendations for the Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women in Michigan PDF (53 p.) by Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (2003)
  This statewide report provides recommendations for the primary prevention of violence against women in Michigan. Funding was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administered by the Michigan Department of Community Health. [P] [More Info]

International/Global

• Preventing violence and reducing its impact: how development agencies can help PDF (60 p.) by World Health Organization (July 2007)
  Targeted towards development assistance agencies, United Nations organizations, governments and nongovernmental organizations, the document highlights how the health, psycho-social, and economic consequences of violence impede development. [More Info]

• Preventing violence: a guide to implementing the recommendations of the World report on violence and health PDF (92 p.) by World Health Organization (WHO) (2004)
  WHO recommendations for increasing data collection capacity, researching violence, promoting primary prevention, promoting gender and social equality, strengthening care and support services for victims, and developing a national action plan of action. [More Info]

• Third Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Report 2007: Scaling Up PDF (32 p.) by World Health Organization (WHO) (2007)
  Reviews progress that has been made in violence prevention since October 2002 and sets out what the World Health Organization and its partners can do over the next 5 years to expand programming and to demonstrate the impact of violence prevention. [More Info]

Community Development & Mobilization

• Communities Engaged in Resisting Violence PDF (46 p.) by Ann Russo & Melissa Spatz, Women & Girls Collective Action Network (CAN) (December 2007)
  This report highlights a growing movement in Chicago of community-based initiatives seeking to resist violence against women, create community accountability for its perpetration, and develop strategies to end the oppressive systems that support it. [More Info]

• Sexual Violence Prevention: What You Can Do PPT (14 p.) by American Academy of Pediatrics
  This short PowerPoint presentation is meant to facilitate participants' involvement in community-level sexual violence prevention efforts. [More Info]

• Approaching old problems in new ways: community mobilisation as a primary prevention strategy to combat violence against women PDF (15 p.) by Lori Michau, Gender & Development (March 2007)
  Lessons learned from the Uganda-based NGO, Raising Voices, to explore and experiment with community-based primary prevention methodologies that seek to shift attitudes and behaviors that perpetuate VAW. [More Info]

• Community Development & Sexual Violence Prevention: Creating Partnerships for Social Change PDF (103 p.) by Gayle M Stringer, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (1999)
  Created to assist community-based sexual assault programs with community development initiatives. Its theoretical basis is the work of Loftquist in 'The Technology of Prevention Workbook: A Leadership Development Program.' [More Info]

• Rape Prevention Through Bystander Education: Bringing a Broader Community Perspective to Sexual Violence Prevention PDF (334 p.) by Victoria L. Banyard, Elizabethe G. Plante, and Mary M. Moynihan (Februrary 2005)
  This report offers an overview and evaluation of a bystander intervention program as well as implications and future directions for research in this area. [More Info]

• Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution HTML (20 p.) PDF (20 p.) by Rachel Davis, Lisa Fujie Parks, Larry Cohen, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2006)
  This NSVRC publication provides advocates, practitioners and educators with a guide for developing a comprehensive community approach to the primary prevention of sexual violence. [More Info]

• Two steps forward, one step back: Community attitudes to violence against women PDF (80 p.) by Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) (2006)
  Summarizes key findings of the Violence Against Women Community Attitudes Project, undertaken to inform future work to prevent violence against women by improving understanding of how community attitudes contribute to this problem. [More Info]

Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
* See the Special Collection: Working with Children Towards a Healthy & Non-Violent Future.

• The Four R's of Prevention: Back to School Safety In & Out of the Classroom HTML (3 p.) by Stop It Now! (2007)
  This article offers a review for adults of the Four R's of preventing child sexual abuse - Rules, Reading, Respect, and Responsibility - and offers tips on each one. [More Info]

• Preventing Child and Youth Sexual Harassment, Abuse, and Assault: A Resource for Iowa Families PDF (42 p.) by Iowa Department of Education in conjunction with the Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development (August 2006)
  This document has been formatted so that families, community groups, and schools can use each section as a separate handout or use them all together as one complete document. [More Info]

• The National Plan to Prevent the Sexual Exploitation of Children PDF (24 p.) by The National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Exploitation (2008)
  The purpose of this plan is to help assure all children have childhoods free from sexual abuse and exploitation in both physical and digital environments and have opportunities to develop into healthy adults capable of having healthy relationships. [More Info]

• Transforming Communities to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation: A Primary Prevention Approach PDF (20 p.) by Annie Lyles, Larry Cohen, & Margot Brown, Prevention Institute (May 2009)
  This brief is designed for advocates, practitioners, government officials, and funders who are interested in transforming broad social norms and our communities in order to prevent child sexual abuse and exploitation before it occurs. [More Info]

• Facts About Abuse and How to Prevent It PDF (12 p.) by Stop It Now! (2008)
  This clear, newly expanded primer on child sexual abuse offers practical steps adults can take to prevent it -- before it starts. [More Info]

• Beyond Surviving: Toward a Movement to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse PDF (28 p.) by Ms. Foundation for Women (2002)
  This report takes a look at the history of child sexual abuse, past approaches and barriers in dealing with the issue, and how communities can move toward long-term solutions to end this epidemic. [More Info]

• Working Upstream: A Public Health Approach to Preventing the Sexual Abuse of Children PDF (12 p.) by Stop It Now! (2002)
  This document contains the proceedings from the Stop It Now! Expert Panel Meeting in April 2002, and captures ideas around primary prevention strategies from experts in the field as well as survivors, family members, and recovering offenders. [More Info]

Bystander Approach

• Comprometer a los espectadores en la prevención de la violencia sexual HTML (56 p.) by Joan Tabachnick, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2009)
  Este libro presenta la necesidad de una orientación urgente sobre la importancia de comprometer a los espectadores en la prevención de la violencia sexual. [More Info]

• Step up! Train the Trainer Webinar: A Pro-social Behavior/Bystander Intervention Program for Student-Athletes HTML by University of Arizona, C.A.T.S. Life Skills Program in partnership with NCAA
  This one hour online training will make you more familiar with the STEP UP! program and give you tips and instructions on facilitating the training. [More Info]

• Get Educated - Community of Trust: Test Your Knowledge HTML by William and Mary Sexual Assault Services
  Test your knowledge with these 3 short questions on bystander intervention. [More Info]

• Bystander Training Within Organizations PDF (9 p.) by Maureen Scully and Mary Rowe, Journal of the International Ombudsman Association (2009)
  The authors discuss the significance of the bystander role and review the challenges for bystanders in moving from a passive to an active stance. [More Info]

• Strategies for Becoming an Active Bystander PDF (1 p.) by Center for Women in Transition (2009)
  This one page article talks about what an active bystander can do and what steps we can all take to be in active bystander in order to create a safer community. [More Info]

• Get Educated - Community of Trust: Are You a Bystander? HTML (2 p.) by The William and Mary Sexual Assault Services
  The page begins by talking about bystanders and bystander intervention. It addresses the question: I do not want to be a bystander, what can I do? [More Info]

• Be an Active Bystander PHP (2 p.) by Virginia Tech (Updated 2009)
  This resource talks about bystanders and the power of bystanders. It also includes a bystander intervention playbook and other bystander intervention strategies. [More Info]

• The Bystander Effect PDF (3 p.) by Carol Hensell, Arizona Department of Health Services, Sexual Violence Prevention and Education Program (October 2009)
  This short article talks about the bystander effect and the importance of exploring it. [More Info]

• Engaging Bystanders in Violence against Women Prevention HTML by Hosed by David Lee for Prevent Connect, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (August 26, 2008)
  This web conference highlighted two promising and well-evaluated bystander intervention programs, Bringing in the Bystander and Mentors in Violence Prevention. [More Info]

• Engaging Bystanders in Sexual Violence Prevention PDF (56 p.) by Joan Tabachnick, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2008)
  This book presents a compelling orientation to the importance of engaging bystanders in sexual violence prevention. [More Info]

• Active Bystanders: Scenario Simulations HTML by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  These bystander scenarios let you explore the consequences of various approaches in various situations. [More Info]

Involving & Working with Men

• What Men & Boys Can Do HTML by Family Violence Prevention Fund
  Expanding the number of men and boys who take on action-oriented roles is one of the keys to ending gender-based violence. This section outlines four roles than men can take, including "taking action as a bystander." [More Info]

• Engaging Men and Boys in Changing Gender-Based Inequity in Health: Evidence from Programme Interventions PDF (76 p.) by Gary Barker, Christine Ricardo, & Marcos Nascimento, World Health Organization (2007)
  This review assesses the effectiveness of programmes seeking to engage men and boys in achieving gender equality and equity in health. [More Info]

• Changing Men: Best Practice in Violence Prevention Work With Men PDF (12 p.) by Michael Flood (2004)
  This article focuses on the need to include men in efforts to end violence against women. The author provides information on educational strategies that are primary prevention focused, best practices, and information on the importance of evaluation. [More Info]

• Engaging Men: Strategies and Dilemmas in Violence Prevention Education Among Men PDF (8 p.) by Dr. Michael Flood, Women Against Violence Journal (2002)
  This paper outlines recent Australian community education campaigns directed at men and the dilemmas with which they deal. It then identifies five key challenges in such work. [More Info]

• The Social Norms Approach to Violence Prevention PDF (5 p.) by Alan D. Berkowitz, Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
  Describes an approach that seeks to engage men as allies by creating campaign messages that validate men's hidden feelings and beliefs in order to foster an environment where speaking out against violence against women is socially acceptable. [P] [More Info]

• Stopping Rape: What Men Can Do PDF (1 p.) by Men Can Stop Rape (1998)
  This one-page information sheet succinctly outlines a variety of actions men can take to help prevent sexual violence. [More Info]

• Working with Men to Prevent Violence Against Women: An Overview (Part One) PDF (8 p.) HTML by Alan Berkowitz, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (October 2004)
  This document provides an overview of current efforts involving men in the prevention of violence against women. This document discusses men role in prevention, what is effective, and cultural issues and considerations in working with men. [More Info]

• Young Men as Allies in Preventing Violence and Abuse: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools PDF (13 p.) by Alan Berkowitz, Peter Jaffe, Dean Peacock, Barri Rosenbluth & Carole Sousa, Family Violence Prevention Fund (2003)
  The focus of this paper is on the ways schools can play a critical role in involving young men in 'constructing a healthier world for women and men, a world free of violence and founded on principles of equity and compassion.' [More Info]

Approaches & Blueprints

• Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention PDF (2 p.) by National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2010)
  This fact sheet is based on the NSVRC’s publication, Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution. It gives an overview of the Spectrum framework and provides examples of interventions at the six Spectrum levels. [More Info]

• Primary prevention of intimate-partner violence and sexual violence: Background paper for WHO expert meeting May 2–3, 2007 PDF (38 p.) by A. Harvey, C. Garcia-Moreno and A. Butchart, World Health Organization (2008)
  The paper explores what can be done to prevent violence against adolescent and adult women that occurs within intimate relationships, and sexual violence that occurs outside intimate relationships. [More Info]

• Poverty and Sexual Violence: Building Prevention and Intervention Responses PDF (110 p.) by Donna Greco and Sarah Dawgert, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (2007)
  There is a complex and often reciprocal relationship between poverty and sexual violence. This guide is intended to support rape crisis centers in their economic advocacy efforts at all levels of the organization. [More Info]

• GHB Abuse Trends and Use in Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: Implications for Prevention PDF (12 p.) by Laura Hensley, NASPA Journal, Vol. 40, no. 2 (Winter 2003)
  In this paper, the characteristics of GHB and the effects of both voluntary and involuntary abuse are described. Further, implications for prevention efforts related to involuntary GHB ingestion and GHB-facilitated rape are reviewed. [More Info]

• Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence PDF (24 p.) by American College Health Association (August 2008)
  The purpose of this toolkit is to provide facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to everyone on campus who cares about the prevention of sexual violence. [More Info]

• Critical Issues in Sexual Assault PDF (28 p.) by A Wilder Research report sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (July 2007)
  This report describes what is being done in Minnesota to assist victims of sexual assault, combining local and national trends, published research literature, and insights gained through interviews with 25 expert observers from diverse perspectives. [More Info]

• Rape Prevention and Risk Reduction: Review of the Research Literature for Practitioners PDF (21 p.) HTML by Kimberly A. Lonsway with contributions from Dorothy Edwards, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (January 2009)
  This Applied Research paper examines both single- and mixed-gender rape prevention and risk reduction programs, and provides suggestions for practitioners to design, implement, and evaluate programs. [More Info]

• Environmental Strategies for Prevention: A Guide to Helping the Prevention Professional Work Effectively in the Community HTM (21 p.) by Prevention Pathways, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) (March 2005)
  This course is designed to introduce prevention professionals and concerned citizens to the basic principles of environmental strategies of prevention work, and to help them learn how to apply these approaches in their own communities. [More Info]

• Finding Evidence for Sexual Violence Prevention Programs HTML by Andres Villaveces, PREVENT
  This 1 hour slideshow with audio helps participants be able to identify and evaluate the best sources of information (or evidence) on which to base intervention decisions and prevention activities. [More Info]

• Shifting the Paradigm: Primary Prevention of Sexual Violence Toolkit HTML (24 p.) by The American College Health Association (August 2008)
  This online toolkit was developed to provide facts, ideas, strategies, conversation starters, and resources to everyone on campus who cares about the prevention of sexual violence. [More Info]

• The Minnesota Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence E-Report HTML by The Minnestoa Coalition Against Sexual Assault (2010)
  This electronic report contains text summaries, audio recordings, and videos from MNCASA’s Minnesota Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence held in St. Paul, December 3-4, 2009. [More Info]

• Reducing Inequities in Health and Safety through Prevention PDF (16 p.) by Prevention Institute & The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies (January 23, 2009)
  This memo offers a suggested strategy for developing a comprehensive, prevention-oriented approach to health equity, starting with the highest levels of the federal government and continuing to states and communities. [More Info]

• Balancing Acts: Keeping Children Safe in Congregations PDF (53 p.) by Reverend Debra W. Haffner, Unitarian Universalist Association
  This manual provides information and suggestions for congregational leaders around the issue of sex offenders in their religious community. The manual focuses on prevention through education, awareness raising, and policy development. [More Info]

• Blueprints for Violence Prevention PDF (182 p.) by Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice (July 2004)
  This report describes 11 model programs and 21 promising programs that demonstrated evidence of effectiveness in delinquency, violence, and substance abuse prevention and reduction. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Creating Safe Environments: Violence Prevention Strategies and Programs PDF (46 p.) by Patti Culross, Larry Cohen, Ashby Wolfe, Joanne Ruby, Prevention Institute (June 2006)
  Providing a useful overview of the current state of violence prevention in the US, this report discusses approaches to violence prevention with a focus on youth violence and intimate partner violence prevention. [P/S] [More Info]

• An Evidence-Based Review of Sexual Assault Preventive Intervention Programs PDF (391 p.) by Shannon Morrison, Jennifer Hardison, Anita Mathew, Joyce O'Neil, National Institute of Justice (September 2004)
  This report provides an overview of sexual assault preventive interventions that have been evaluated, evaluation research and gaps in that research, and recommendations for future research and prevention program development. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Factsheet: Focusing on the Prevention of First-Time Male Perpetration of Sexual Violence PDF (2 p.) by RTI International, National Sexual Violence Resource Center
  This factsheet provides information about programs targeting prevention of first-time male perpetration of sexual violence. [More Info]

• A Lifetime Commitment to Violence Prevention: The Alameda County Blueprint PDF (57 p.) by Prevention Institute (July 2005)
  This Blueprint is a framework to identify the range of roles and partnerships in which stakeholders can engage and activities that will prevent violence in all its forms, including intimate partner violence and sexual assault. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A National Resource Directory and Handbook PDF (20 p.) by National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2005)
  This is a collection of currently available resources and initiatives related to child sexual abuse prevention. The handbook provides descriptions of organizations, programs, projects and a wide range of resources. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Within Youth Serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures PDF (55 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007)
  This guide identifies six key components of child sexual abuse prevention for organizations. It includes prevention goals and critical strategies for each component. [More Info]

• Recommendations to Prevent Sexual Violence in Oregon: A Plan of Action PDF (64 p.) by Oregon Department of Human Services (2006)
  This plan was developed to prioritize prevention efforts in the state of Oregon and to "identify innovative, evidence-based, comprehensive sexual assault prevention initiatives" and offer directions to build upon these efforts. [More Info]

• Sexual Violence Prevention: A Catalog of Educational Materials PDF (152 p.) by Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault, JSI Research and Training Institute (1997)
  This catalog provides descriptions of resources that programs might acquire and use to enhance their sexual assault prevention and education efforts. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Successful Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints PDF (12 p.) by Sharon Mihalic, Abigail Fagan, Katherine Irwin, Diane Ballard, and Delbert Elliott, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2004)
  This bulletin presents findings from a process evaluation of exemplary violence prevention and drug prevention programs that have been evaluated in rigorous, controlled trials. Critical components of program implementation are identified. [More Info]

• Through a Public Health Lens. Preventing Violence against Women: An Update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention PDF (8 p.) by Corinne M. Graffunder, Rita K. Noonan, Pamela Cox, & Jocelyn Wheaton, Journal of Womens Health (2004)
  Explains how 4 core public health principles - emphasizing primary prevention, advancing the science of prevention, translating science into effective programs, & building on the efforts of others - drive current programmatic activities in prevention. [P] [More Info]

• 'Watch Your Drink' Messages and Drink Testing Devices PDF (2 p.) by Florida Council Against Sexual Violence (Summer 2004)
  Addresses the rising popularity of two prevention strategies targeted at potential victims of drug-facilitated sexual battery and argues that prevention projects and funding should focused on broader messages that address root causes. [P/S] [More Info]

• Working with Men to Prevent Violence Against Women: Program Modalities and Formats (Part Two) PDF (7 p.) HTML by Alan Berkowitz, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (October 2004)
  This document discusses best practices in prevention, provides an overview of different program modalities and formats, and reviews program philosophies that can be used in working with men to prevent violence against women. [More Info]

Specific Programs in Practice

• A Safer Campus: A Guidebook for Prevention and Response to Sexual and Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking for Ohio Campuses PDF (13 p.) by Ohio Board of Regents (August 2010)
  This Guidebook identifies key best practices for short and long term action recommendations for colleges and universities to implement in four focused areas: Preparedness, Prevention, Response and Recovery. [More Info]

• Report Describing Projects Designed to Prevent First Time Male Perpetration of Sexual Violence (Updated) PDF (101 p.) by RTI International (2008)
  This report offers a catalogue of programs targeting prevention of first-time male perpetration of sexual violence. [More Info]

• Report Describing Projects Designed to Prevent First-Time Male Perpetration of Sexual Violence PDF (61 p.) by RTI International, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (2003)
  This report offers a catalogue of programs targeting prevention of first-time male perpetration of sexual violence and provides an overview of literature findings on sexual violence prevention. [P] [More Info]

• A Handbook on Planning Projects to Prevent Child Trafficking PDF (76 p.) by Mike Dottridge, Terre des hommes (2007)
  This handbook reviews techniques for success in preventing trafficking from occurring through a review of lessons learned from existing programming. [More Info]

• Expect Respect: A School-Based Program Promoting Safe and Healthy Relationships PDF (85 p.) by Barri Rosenbluth, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2002)
  This document examines the issues of dating violence, sexual harassment and bullying, their interrelationship, and offers a rationale for school-based programs. [P/S] [More Info]

• Expect Respect, SafePlace School-Based Services: Program Evaluation, 2004-2005 Academic Year PDF (18 p.) by SafePlace
  This report details evaluation results of the Expect Respect school-based prevention program. Provides summaries of pre- and post-tests, focus groups, year-end feedback forms, and comments from school personnel. [More Info]

• Kid&TeenSAFE: An Abuse Prevention Program for Youth with Disabilities PDF (65 p.) by Wendie H. Abramson and Iracema 'Cema' Mastroleo, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2002)
  This publication details a project of SafePlace's Disability Services ASAP (A Safety Awareness Program) in Texas and provides its model program materials for use with youth with disabilities. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Making the Peace: An Approach to Preventing Relationship Violence Among Youth PDF (81 p.) by Allan Creighton, TODOS Institute/Oakland Men's Project, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (May 2000)
  Describes a comprehensive school-based project that provided training and technical assistance to 2 communities implementing comprehensive dating/domestic violence prevention campaigns in their secondary schools. [More Info]

• Men in the Movement to End Violence Against Women: Organizations and Programs HTML by National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) (Updated 2007)
  This collection highlights several pro-feminist organizations and programs for men working to end violence against women. It is one in a series of three special collections focusing on the domestic violence prevention and education efforts of men. [More Info]

• Prevention/Promotion Program Theory PDF (7 p.) by Peer Solutions (May 2004)
  This document describes the theories that drive Peer Solutions' teen interpersonal violence prevention program, Demonstrating Respect as the Norm, which strives to unite elementary through post-secondary schools, families and communities. [P] [More Info]

• Evaluation for Improvement: A Seven-step Empowerment Evaluation Approach for Violence Prevention Organizations PDF (104 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (January 2010)
  This manual is designed to help violence prevention organizations hire an empowerment evaluator who will assist them in building their evaluation capacity through a learn-by-doing process of evaluating their own strategies. [More Info]

• Changing Men: Best Practice in Violence Prevention Work With Men PDF (12 p.) by Michael Flood (2004)
  This article focuses on the need to include men in efforts to end violence against women. The author provides information on educational strategies that are primary prevention focused, best practices, and information on the importance of evaluation. [More Info]

• The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior PDF (16 p.) by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (August 2007)
  This report provides a summary of findings from a review of evidence concerning the effectiveness of universal school-based violence prevention programs. [More Info]

• Evaluation: Designs and Approaches PDF (5 p.) by National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention (August 2004)
  This resource provides information about outcome evaluation design and qualitative, quantitative, or mixed approaches. [More Info]

• Expect Respect, SafePlace School-Based Services: Program Evaluation, 2004-2005 Academic Year PDF (18 p.) by SafePlace
  This report details evaluation results of the Expect Respect school-based prevention program. Provides summaries of pre- and post-tests, focus groups, year-end feedback forms, and comments from school personnel. [More Info]

• An Evidence-Based Review of Sexual Assault Preventive Intervention Programs PDF (391 p.) by Shannon Morrison, Jennifer Hardison, Anita Mathew, Joyce O'Neil, National Institute of Justice (September 2004)
  This report provides an overview of sexual assault preventive interventions that have been evaluated, evaluation research and gaps in that research, and recommendations for future research and prevention program development. [P/S/T] [More Info]

• Gauging Progress A Guidebook For Community Sexual Assault Programs and Community Development Initiatives PDF (104 p.) by Kimberly Francis (2001)
  In an easy-to-read format with examples and exercises, this guidebook is intended to lay the groundwork for thinking about how to gauge progress, with an emphasis on how to conceptualize evaluation of a community development initiative. [More Info]

• Incorporating Evaluation into Media Campaign Design PDF (9 p.) HTML by Sharyn J. Potter with contributions from Brad Perry, VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women (April 2008)
  This Applied Research paper provides information on core concepts relevant to media campaign evaluation strategies and showcases several sexual violence prevention campaigns that have completed evaluations at various stages of the implementation process. [More Info]

• Partners in Social Change, Volume IX Issue 1 PDF (16 p.) by Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Sexual Assault Prevention Resource Center (Fall 2006)
  This publication focuses on rape culture and addresses the intersections between the Arenas of Action and the Spectrum of Prevention. Also discussed is the use of online surveys for evaluation. [More Info]

• Partners in Social Change, Volume IX Issue 2 PDF (16 p.) by Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs, Sexual Assault Prevention Resource Center (Winter 2007)
  This publication provides an overview of public health theory and also provides information for designing and administering surveys. [More Info]

• Successful Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints PDF (12 p.) by Sharon Mihalic, Abigail Fagan, Katherine Irwin, Diane Ballard, and Delbert Elliott, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2004)
  This bulletin presents findings from a process evaluation of exemplary violence prevention and drug prevention programs that have been evaluated in rigorous, controlled trials. Critical components of program implementation are identified. [More Info]