Mentors in Violence Prevention
Dr. Shannon Spriggs
Leadership
MVP History
1993 – Jackson Katz
 1995 – Men and Women Together
 2010 – Australia
 2011 – Scotland
 Service Populations
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Discussion Based Model
Bystander Approach
Bystander Research
Pluralistic Ignorance
 Diffusion Of Responsibility
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Bystander Research
Stages of Bystander Intervention
1.
2.
3.
Notice something is happening
Interpret that event as an emergency
Decide that they have a personal
responsibility to intervene
MVP Goals
Raise Awareness
 Challenge Thinking
 Open Dialogue
 Inspire Leadership
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Training Results - US
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Three-year mixed methods evaluation in US
collected data from 475 student leaders from 20
different urban, suburban, and rural high schools.
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MVP proven to be highly effective in creating
positive and significant changes in students’
knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding
gender violence
AR Training Results - AUS
Male Students (N=223)
 94% strongly agree or agree that the time spent at
training was worthwhile
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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 - AUS
Female 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
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Very useful to be able to explore avenues for
building bystander awareness/capacity
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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 questions
s.spriggs@griffith.edu.au
(07) 3735 1104