Toward the Next Generation of Bystander Prevention of Sexual and Relationship Violence

Victoria L. Banyard, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire where she teaches courses on interpersonal violence, community and applied psychology, and applied research methods. She is a research and evaluation consultant with the Prevention Innovations Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. Her doctoral degree is from the University of Michigan in clinical psychology and she has worked with survivors of violence as both a clinician and researcher. Her program of research focuses on interpersonal violence consequences and prevention with particular attention to the resilience of survivors and the strengths and capacity of communities to better prevent and respond to these problems. She developed widely used measures of bystander attitudes and behaviors and conducted federally funded evaluations of the effectiveness of bystander focused prevention programs for campus sexual assault. She has authored over 75 peer review articles, numerous book chapters and is an international expert on understanding bystander action to prevent interpersonal violence.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Promise of a Bystander Approach to Violence Prevention.- Chapter 3. Pieces of Bystander Action.- Chapter 4. Bystander Action Coils: Moving beyond the Situational Model.- Chapter 5. Building a Better Bystander.- Chapter 6. Prevention Springs from Action Coils: A Strategic for Comprehensive Bystander-Focused Prevention.