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Stalking 


When most people hear the term "stalking," they think of some crazed fan following a certain celebrity's every move. Although this image is certainly one of stalking, many other images exist as well. Stalking can happen in person, through the mail, e-mail, over the phone, or other ways. It may occur in any combination of students, faculty, and staff, including student-to-student or peer harassment, and in any gender combination-- male-male, female-female, female-male, and male-female. The difficulty in stalking cases is that every stalker acts differently, so no one set of guidelines will cover every situation. Additionally, it is the interpretation of the act by the victim that determines whether an act is stalking, not the intention of the actor.


Facts/Statistics

  • About 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men are stalked in their lifetimes
  • 78% of victims are women
  • 87% of offenders are men
  • Nearly 60% of female victims and 30% of male victims are stalked by current or former intimate partners
  • 13% of college women were stalked during one six- to nine-month period
  • 80% of campus stalking victims knew their stalker
  • 25 to 35% of stalking cases involve violence
  • Only about 50% of all stalking victims report
  • Only about 7% of college student victims reported the stalking
  • 80% of campus stalking victims knew their stalked
  • Almost 20% of victims feel that it is necessary to move to avoid being stalked

Source: 2004 Texas A & M Women & Gender Equity Resource Center fact sheet

 

  Last Modified Date: May 15, 2009
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