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TitleTransforming witnesses to actors
NameDick, Alexandria Sarah (author), McMahon, Sarah (chair), Clarke, Cheryl (internal member), Rodgers, Yana (internal member), Rutgers University, Graduate School - New Brunswick,
Degree Date2009-10
Date Created2009
SubjectWomen and Gender Studies,
Family violence--Prevention,
Women--Violence against
DescriptionIn this master's thesis, I examine 100+ Men Against Domestic Violence, a training program that was offered to Rutgers University students, faculty, and staff in September 2008 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. This training program was designed to educate and empower men to end domestic violence in their communities by utilizing the bystander intervention model which aims to change underlying social norms and attitudes that contribute to the problem of violence against women. Ten months following the training program, interviews were conducted with several men that attended the program in order to evaluate the program. Both the training program and the interviews will be examined in this paper.
I will introduce the topic area of violence against women; provide theoretical frameworks in which to examine these issues; outline the 100+ Men Against Violence training program; present the evaluation of the program; and provide further deliberation on the implications of this research and suggestions for the future. This paper particularly focuses on bystander intervention, which is a major component of the 100+ Men Against Domestic Violence Program, in order to evaluate the efficacy of its principles as a primary prevention program.
I will introduce the topic area of violence against women; provide theoretical frameworks in which to examine these issues; outline the 100+ Men Against Violence training program; present the evaluation of the program; and provide further deliberation on the implications of this research and suggestions for the future. This paper particularly focuses on bystander intervention, which is a major component of the 100+ Men Against Domestic Violence Program, in order to evaluate the efficacy of its principles as a primary prevention program.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 90-96)
Noteby Alexandria Sarah Dick
Genretheses
Persistent URLhttp://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000051969
Languageeng
CollectionGraduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work