A systematic review of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration☆

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• Alternative Title:
  Aggress Violent Behav
• Personal Author:
  DeGue, Sarah ; Valle, Linda Anne ; Holt, Melissa K. ; Massetti, Greta M. ; Matjasko, Jennifer L. ; Tharp, Andra Teten
• Description:
  This systematic review examined 140 outcome evaluations of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration. The review had two goals: 1) to describe and assess the breadth, quality, and evolution of evaluation research in this area; and 2) to summarize the best available research evidence for sexual violence prevention practitioners by categorizing programs with regard to their evidence of effectiveness on sexual violence behavioral outcomes in a rigorous evaluation. The majority of sexual violence prevention strategies in the evaluation literature are brief, psycho-educational programs focused on increasing knowledge or changing attitudes, none of which have shown evidence of effectiveness on sexually violent behavior using a rigorous evaluation design. Based on evaluation studies included in the current review, only three primary prevention strategies have demonstrated significant effects on sexually violent behavior in a rigorous outcome evaluation: | (Foshee et al., 2004); | (building-level intervention only, Taylor, Stein, Woods, Mumford, & Forum, 2011); and funding associated with the 1994 U.S. | (VAWA; Boba & Lilley, 2009). The dearth of effective prevention strategies available to date may reflect a lack of fit between the design of many of the existing programs and the principles of effective prevention identified by Nation et al. (2003).
• Keywords:
  Effectiveness Evaluation Perpetration Primary Prevention Rape Sexual Violence
• Source:
  Aggress Violent Behav. 19(4):346-362
• Pubmed ID:
  29606897
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5875446
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  19
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ef5c955bedd5818b87fff32622f39b024d27f2d6ff311c9cd7ccd1cf596da3f5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/53096/cdc_53096_DS1.pdf
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