Essay On Bystander Intervention

We also have to take into consideration the power of bystander intervention. There is a bystander training program that teaches “bystanders how to intervene in situations that involve sexual violence, creating a safer environment” (University of New Hampshire). A study suggests that “rates of sexual harassment and stalking victimization and perpetration were lower at a college with a bystander training program than at two colleges without such a program” (Basile). This shows the importance of having students understand that they should intervene if they see someone in danger of being assaulted because seeing and not acting makes them accomplices.
The way of attacking the issue of sexual assault is not prosecuting it, but preventing it in the first place. Awareness alone is incapable of preventing sexual assaults. Institutions need a combination of awareness, bystander intervention, and hands-on physical training to efficiently prevent sexual
Who is going to be teaching students? We are going to have certified professionals trained volunteers from the the Unitarian Universalist Association (the role of this organization will be explained later on) to become certified as well and once those volunteers get certified, they will be teaching other volunteers. Essentially, the program is going to need the help of volunteers, but we will also have certified professionals working full-time in case there are not volunteers available to help.
In terms of measurements, sexual assaults rates might seem to increase in the short-run as a result of students starting to report, but this will allow us to actually track the success of Safeducation in the long-run. Safeducation will also encourage students to report prevented cases so we can also build up a rate of prevented sexual assault incidents. Implementing Safeducation in NYU will help us determine if the program should be expanded to more