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SCREAMing to Prevent ViolenceEngaging
Bystanders in Violence Prevention

• Chief Inspector Graham Goulden
• Scottish Violence Reduction Unit

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• The Facts
• 2011/12 Nearly 60,000 reported incidents of DA
  (up 7 on previous year)
• We know victims/perps are getting younger.
• 81 of incidents, female victim, male perpetrator
  (there are male victims)
• A need to engage men and women (but especially
  boys men

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• WHY????
• En-gage
• (Verb)
• Occupy, attract and involve (someones interest
  or attention).
• Cause someone to become Involved.

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To Prevent We Must Challenge Thinking
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Footballer Sex Trial 'It Was Just Boy
Banter' Anton Rodgers denies prosecution claims
that a group of players assaulted a drunken woman
when she was asleep.
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Story Tellers define our culture, today the media
is a massive sotryteller
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Media Clip
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We need bigger better thinking
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Bystanders have the power its about listening
to the voice in your head that something is wrong
and doing something Who are the bystanders?
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Bystander Approaches work

• Bystander approaches foster and encourage empathy
• Engaged citizens are not likely to be passive
  bystanders. We need to look at ways of engaging
  and getting people to step up to the plate
• How do we stop men going on the defensive
  Inviting not Indicting is the way to do this
• Bystander intervention training puts an
  individual or group into a situation from a
  distance. Its creates a safe place within which
  a conversation can start.

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The Playbook

• Corridor Dating Abuse
• Hanging Around Sexual Harassment
• Text Messages Controlling Behaviour
• Photos from a phone Sex Texting
• Circle of Friends Sexual Assault
• Lyrics Sexist Music Lyrics
• Party Alcohol Consent

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Corridor
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Corridor Youre in the hallway between classes.
You see a couple you know arguing, then you see
the boy push his girlfriend. He isnt a close
friend of yours, and neither is the young woman,
but you do hang around with the same group of
people. Nobody else is doing anything.
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Options Nothing. It's none of my business.
Attempt to distract the couple somehow, maybe by
talking loudly, in order to defuse the
situation. Shout out something so that
everyone in the hallway hears, like "Hey, what
are you doing? Leave her alone!" and stick around
to make sure the situation has calmed down.
Talk to the girl at some point and let her know I
saw what was going on and am willing to help
her. Dont do anything now. But as soon as
possible, that day or later, I should make a
point of talking to the boy and suggesting he get
some counselling to deal with his abusive
behaviour. Talk to my parents, a guidance
counsellor, the school social worker, a teacher
or the school nurse and ask their advice on what
to do. Personal Option
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