Experimental evaluation of a bystander prevention program for sexual assault and dating violence

Psychology of Violence

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 95-102

  Reed, Kathleen M Palm ^a   Hines, Denise A ^a   Armstrong, Jessica L ^a   Cameron, Amy Y ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bystander; College; Intimate partner violence; Prevention; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925582560     PISSN: 21520828     EISSN: 2152081X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037557     Document Type: Article

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