Dr. Smith wants to conduct a workshop on sexual assault risk reduction among college women. She plans to focus on behaviors that women can do to reduce their risk of being assaulted. She will compare the rate of assault during a six-month follow-up period among women who participate in the workshop to that of women in the control group. Which of the following might be an unintended effect of the workshop?
a. Increasing self-blame among current survivors of sexual assault
b. Not giving women in the control group the opportunity to participate in the workshop
c. Giving inflated estimates on the rate of sexual assault among college women
d. Intervening at the wrong level. For example, she could focus on bystanders rather than potential victims.