While there is much agreement about the scope of sexual violence, how to go about preventing it before it occurs is the subject of much debate. This unique interdisciplinary collection investigates the philosophy and practice of primary prevention of sexual violence within education institutions and the broader community.

This is the first interdisciplinary collection to focus on the primary prevention of sexual violence

1. Framing Sexual Violence Prevention: What Does it Mean to Challenge a Rape Culture; Anastasia Powell and Nicola Henry 2. Theorising Men's Violence Prevention Policies: Limitations and Possibilities of Interventions in a Patriarchal State; Bob Pease 3. The Everydayness of Rape: How Understanding Sexual Assault Perpetration Can Inform Prevention Efforts; Antonia Quadara 4. Limits of the Criminal Law for Preventing Sexual Violence; Wendy Larcombe 5. The Dark Side of Virtual: Towards a Digital Sexual Ethics; Nicola Henry and Anastasia Powell 6. The Prevention of Sexual Violence in Schools: Developing Some Theoretical Starting Points; Claire Maxwell 7. Just How do We Create Change? Sites of Contradiction and the 'Black Box' of Change in Primary Prevention; Gillian Fletcher 8. Sexual Violence Prevention Educator Training: Opportunities and Challenges; Moira Carmody 9. Taking Stock of Bystander Programs: Changing Attitudes and Behaviours Towards Sexual Violence; Alison C. Cares, Mary M. Moynihan and Victoria L. Banyard 10. Shifting Upstream: Bystander Action Against Sexism and Discrimination Against Women; Anastasia Powell