Chief Inspector Graham GouldenScottish Violence Reduction Unit

The Facts 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

WHY????

En-gage(Verb)

1.Occupy, attract and involve (someone’s interest or attention).

2.Cause someone to become Involved.

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To Prevent We Must Challenge Thinking

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Bystanders have the power – it’s about listening to the voice in your head that something is wrong and doing something

Who are the bystanders?

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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You’re in the hallway between classes. You see a couple you know arguing,

then you see the boy push his girlfriend. He isn’t 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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