supports ICADV Primary Prevention Initiatives

Planning for prevention and intervention

Contents

I.  Introduction to Bystander Intervention

II.  Intervening to Prevent Violence

III.  Promoting Healthy Behaviors           

IV.  Resources               

One of the many advantages to a bystander approach is that it enables everyone to take a role in ending domestic violence. By shifting the responsibility to end violence onto the community at large, a bystander approach discourages victim blaming, invites both men and women to share responsibility, and reduces community-wide risk factors for domestic violence.