January is


National Stalking Awareness Month


Each year in January awareness is raised for for Stalking and the impact it has on it's victims for both men and women. Did you know:


Persons aged 18-24 years experience the highest rate of stalking. One in 6 women and one in 19 men in the United States have experienced stalking during their lifetime. During a 12-month period an estimated 14 in every 1,000 persons age 18 or older were victims of stalking. 13 percent of college women were stalking during one six to nine month period. About 43 percent of victims stated that police were contacted at least once regarding the stalking. Male and female stalking victimizations were equally likely to be reported to the police. Approximately one in four stalking victims reported some form of cyber-stalking such as email or instant messaging. Electronic monitoring was used to stalk one in 13 victims (i.e. GPS monitoring, bugs, phone tapping, or video). 46 percent of stalking victims felt fear of not knowing what would happen next. 66.2% of female victims of stalking were stalked by a current or former intimate partner. 31 percent of the women who are stalked by an intimate partner are sexually assaulted by that partner. The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years. 80 percent of campus stalking victims knew their stalker. Three in 10 victims reported being injured emotionally or psychologically from being stalked.


Information from:


Stalking Victimization in the United States, Department of Justice, 2009 Fisher, Cullen, & Turner. (2000). “The Sexual Victimization of College Women,” NIJ/BJS. National Stalking Resource Center (www.ncvc.org/src) Black, M.C., Basile, K.C., Breiding, M.J., Smith, S.G.,


Walters, M.L., Merrick, M.T., Chen, J., & Stevens, M.R. (2011). The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report. Atlanta, GA: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


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