Multi College Bystander Efficacy Evaluation (McBEE)

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Bystander interventions, recognized as promising violence prevention strategies, are unique in their engagement of all community members to 1) recognize situations that may become violent and 2) learn to safely and effectively intervene to reduce violence risk. Based on their promise, the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE) now requires all publicly-funded colleges to provide bystander intervention. With SaVE’s policy intervention requiring bystander interventions, a “natural experiment” has arisen to determine the relative efficacy of students’ bystander training across multiple colleges. We propose a quasi-experimental design (using fractional factorials) to evaluate the relative efficacy of three bystander interventions to reduce violence in college communities. Program efficacy data will be obtained from student surveys, campus crime statistics, and surveys with college staff and administrators responsible for selecting and implementing bystander interventions. Using optimization designs we will sample and create clusters of bystander intervention components to compare outcomes across colleges and over time. We also seek to grow communities of VAW prevention researchers. Researcher communities will form through researchers’ engagement with college recruitment, survey design, data collection and analyses. We will discuss recruitment, qualitative and quantitative data capture, and incorporation of external data sources from our first year (pilot) experiences.

Sub Unit

• Area VI: Victimology / 33: Policy and Prevention of Victimization

Individual Presentations

• Lessons Learned in Creating a College Consortium (McBEE) - Emily Clear, University of Kentucky; Ann L. Coker, University of Kentucky; Heather Bush, University of Kentucky; Danielle Davidov, West Virginia University; Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati

• Using Optimization Designs to Evaluate Bystander Efficacy (McBEE) - Heather Bush, University of Kentucky; Ann L. Coker, University of Kentucky; Emily Clear, University of Kentucky; Danielle Davidov, West Virginia University; Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati

• Growing the Next Generation of Violence Against Women Prevention Researchers (McBEE) - Ann L. Coker, University of Kentucky; Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati; Heather Bush, University of Kentucky; Emily Clear, University of Kentucky; Danielle Davidov, West Virginia University

• Adoption and Implementation of Bystander Programs for Violence Prevention on College Campuses (McBEE) - Danielle Davidov, West Virginia University; Ann L. Coker, University of Kentucky; Heather Bush, University of Kentucky; Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati; Emily Clear, University of Kentucky

Discussant

• Bonnie S. Fisher, University of Cincinnati