Strong prevention strategies that tackle the issue of sexual assault on college campuses are extremely integral. These strategies should target both the potential victims and potential perpetrators. Without both sides receiving these prevention methods, it would be less effective. The social-ecological system can be an easy approach to prevent sexual assault on all levels of influence. When looking at the influences that help promote these behaviors, those are good indicators of how to work to prevent sexual assaults on college campuses. At the individual level, prevention needs to start by empowering those potential victims. One study preformed by Ohio University’s Department of Psychology evaluated the effectiveness of teaching self defense to college women as a form of sexual assault prevention. Of the women who took the class, only a fraction of them were …show more content…
Bystanders can play a massive role is stopping the existence of sexual assault. Providing tools that give students the ability to help change their college’s norm of sexual assault by rejecting or intervening when they observe behaviors that show support for sexual assault. Three authors conducted a study showing the effectiveness of bystander education in comparison to students who don’t receive the education. 398 undergraduate volunteers were randomly divided into three groups. Group 1 was a one-session educational training, group 2 was a three-session education training and group 3 did not receive any education. Two months following the study, participants in group 1 and 2 showed a substantial improvement in bystander attitudes, knowledge and behavior, while the control group (group 3) did not (Banyard, Moynihan & Plante, 2007). As seen in this study, even one-session of bystander education can help. I believe any form of bystander education would help the college’s climate to help combat sexual