A Case Study: Creating a Campus Violence Prevention Program

Hosted on Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Presented by:

Linda Langford, Sc.D.
Associate Center Director, Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention

Dorothy Edwards, Ph.D.
Director, Violence Intervention and Prevention Center
University of Kentucky

Effective violence prevention efforts require a comprehensive, coordinated set of programs, policies, and services that are research-based and adapted to local circumstances. Dr. Linda Langford will begin the session with a brief description of a set of principles and a process that campus and community stakeholders can use to design a comprehensive and effective initiative. Dr. Dorothy Edwards will then provide a case study illustrating how she applied these principles in building a campus violence prevention program from the ground up. The featured program, Green Dot, is a social change model that emphasizes bystander engagement and the collective power of individual choices. Content will include review of the research, development of the strategic plan, overview of the models utilized, and preliminary evaluation results. While the example focuses on violence against women, the same principles can be applied when creating efforts addressing other campus health and safety issues.

Slides and Recording

• Powerpoint slides (full slides, 1 slide per page)
• Printer-friendly Powerpoint slides (handout view, 6 slides per page)
• Recording

Handouts

• Chat 1 Participant Responses: what has to change in order to reduce violence within your campus community
• Chat 2 Participant Responses: challenges related to how others perceive your issue or work