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Stalking
Approximately eight percent of all women and two percent of men have been stalked at some point in their lives. What is stalking? What can be done about it?
What Is Stalking?
Any unwanted contact between two people that directly or indirectly communicates a threat or places the victim in fear can be considered stalking.
The Facts About Stalking
The results of the April 1998 National Violence Against Women Survey found that stalking was far more widespread than previously believed.
If You Are Being Stalked
Any person who suspects that he or she is being stalked should report all contacts and incidents to local law enforcement.
Stalking Laws by State
The definitions of stalking and related offenses, such as harassment, from the laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Code Needed to Prohibit Stalking on Internet
Find out what law-enforcement is doing about the wave of cyberstalking and Internet harassment from Leonard Holmes, Ph.D., Your Guide to Mental Health Resources.
Keeping Online Relationships Safe
The temptation to develop close relationship on the Internet is common today. Nancy Schimelpfening, Your Guide to Depression, offers tips on Internet safety in chat rooms and on forums.
Study of Stalkers
This clinical study was devised to explain the behaviors, motivations, and psychopathology of stalkers.