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Theories of Sexual Violence Prevention

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Theory influences not only how we understand the causes of sexual violence but also how individuals, groups, and communities can approach prevention across the social ecology. The majority of theories put forth to support sexual violence prevention address the individual level and typically emphasize why individuals may perpetrate sexual violence and/or why individuals may help to prevent sexual violence. While it is important to understand what motivates individuals to engage in behaviors related to sexual violence prevention, there is growing recognition that a focus on the individual level alone is insufficient. Increasingly, peer- and community-level settings for change have been recognized as especially salient to address relational and environmental factors that contribute to sexual violence perpetration and prevalence. A number of sexual violence prevention theories addressing these peer and community contexts provide a foundation for understanding how change can occur at this level. At the societal level of the ecology, there are fewer prevention theories available but those that are available are focused on systematic issues that pervade our culture. This chapter critically reviews a number of theories that support and influence sexual violence prevention work, but first examines how prevention efforts and corresponding theories evolved over the past few decades.

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