Mentors in Violence Prevention

Mentors in Violence PreventionDr. Shannon Spriggs

Leadership

MVP History 1993 – Jackson Katz 1995 – Men and Women Together 2010 – Australia 2011 – Scotland Service Populations

Discussion Based Model

Bystander Approach

Bystander Research Pluralistic Ignorance Diffusion Of Responsibility

Bystander ResearchStages of Bystander Intervention

1. Notice something is happening2. Interpret that event as an emergency3. Decide that they have a personal

responsibility to intervene

MVP Goals Raise Awareness Challenge Thinking Open Dialogue Inspire Leadership

Training Results - US Three-year mixed methods evaluation in US collected data from 475 student leaders from 20 different urban, suburban, and rural high schools.

MVP proven to be highly effective in creating positive and significant changes in students’ knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding gender violence

AR Training Results - AUSMale Students (N=223) 94% strongly agree or agree that the time spent at training was worthwhile

86% strongly agree or agree that they felt more prepared to deal with difficult social situations involving classmates and friends after the training

AR Training Results - AUSFemale Students (N=276) 97% strongly agree or agree that the time spent at training was worthwhile

89% strongly agree or agree that they felt more prepared to deal with difficult social situations involving classmates and friends after the training

TTT Training Results - AUS Very useful to be able to explore avenues for building bystander awareness/capacity

Overall learning new techniques to assist with your work practice

I loved it all. It was very well-structured, it was very clear, a great mix of theory and activities

Contact for questionss.spriggs@griffith.edu.au(07) 3735 1104