What happens when people act to prevent sexual and domestic violence?

What is it about?

An important part of preventing interpersonal violence is getting people to help when the risk for violence is high, and getting people to talk about prevention with people they know in their communities. Many programs try to train people to be more helpful. We don't really know much, though, about what happens after someone tries to help. How do they feel about what they did? How did other people react? This paper describes new measures that try to capture what happened after someone stepped in to try to prevent sexual or domestic violence.

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Why is it important?

This study is a first step toward better understanding the risks and rewards that bystanders may face when they choose to step in to help.