The Safe Dates project was designed to prevent violence in adolescent dating couples. The program consisted of several components: a role-playing performance; a curriculum focused on violence, gender stereotyping and conflict management taught over ten 45-minute sessions; a poster contest; and a community component including services for victims of dating violence and training for service providers (Foshee, 1998). An experimental evaluation was conducted at 14 schools in a rural North Carolina county. According to matching enrollment size, the institutions were split into treatment (school and community activities) versus control (community activities) schools. Participants were in the eighth or ninth grade, three-quarters Caucasian, half male and female; roughly 37% of females and 39% of males reported having ever experienced partner violence. The sample numbered 1,965 at Time 1, 1,909 a month after the completion of the program, and 1,892 the following year. At Time 2, the treatment group evidenced significant intervention effects; these participants were less accepting of dating violence, had improved communication and anger management skills, were more knowledgeable about victim services, and reported committing 60% less violence against their romantic partner than the control group (Foshee, 1998).