This stalking page is made available as a resource not only for stalking victims, but also law enforcement, district/county attorneys, and healthcare professionals as well.
1.4 million men, women and children are stalked each year in the United States. According to the statistics made available by the National Center for Victims of Crime, 78 new stalking cases are reported each hour in the country: 1 out of 12 women will be stalked in their lifetime; 1 out of 50 men will be stalked in their lifetime.
When working with stalking victims, national experts recommend a team approach which should not only include law enforcement, but victim's employer, family, friends, and clergy. It is very important that not only stalking victims read material and become informed regarding obsessional following (stalking), but also those individuals working or associated with stalking victims.
If you are a victim of stalking whether it be at home, work or over the internet, it is very important that you contact the law enforcement authories in your area.
The websites listed below provide further information and resources available regarding stalking.
The National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking Resource Center.
Cyberangels was formed in 1995 to do one thing, to help people who need help online.
Love Me Not is an informative site from the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office with resources available in both english and spanish.
Antistalking.com This is a site for anyone interested in the crime of stalking. It is meant to be not only a resource for stalking victims, but for law enforcement, mental health professionals, researchers, educators, legislators and security personnel.
The Stalking Victims' Sanctuary - A Safe Place For Victim's of Stalking Crimes.
In the Campus Shadows, Women Are Stalkers as Well as the Stalked
Strengthening Antistalking Statutes, Legal Series Bulletin #1
From the U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office for Victims of Crime
The 2001 edition of "Stalking and Domestic Violence
- A Report to Congress" is now available at:
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojp/186157.pdf
(Adobe Acrobat file)
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/ojp/186157.txt
(ASCII text file)
This latest edition of the report includes sections
on:
- Cyberstalking--A New Challenge for Law Enforcement
- Victim Needs
- Federal Prosecutions
- Stalking and Related Cases
Suggested reading:
The Gift of Fear |
 The Psychology of Stalking by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. |
 Surviving a Stalker : Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe by Linden Gross, Gavin De Becker |
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Obsession : The FBI's Legendary Profiler Probes the Psyches of Killers, Rapists and Stalkers and Their Victims and Tells How to Fight Back |
 Stalkers and Their Victims |
 I Know You Really Love Me : A Psychiatrist's Account of Stalking and Obsessive Love by Doreen R. Orion |
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Stalking in Children and Adolescents: The Primitive Bond |
 Violence Risk and Threat Assessment by J. Reid Meloy, Ph.D. this book is currently available only through Specialized Training (800) 848-1226). | |
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