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Stalking on Campus
George Mason University
May 22, 2013
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Presented by:
Hema Khan
Program Attorney
Stalking Resource Center
National Center for Victims of Crime
202-467-8732
www.victimsofcrime.org/src
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Training
Technical
Assistance
Resources
• Statutes
• Legislative
Updates
• Manuals/Guides
• Videos
• Clearinghouse
The Stalking Resource Center is a program of the
National Center for Victims of Crime. The mission of the
Stalking Resource Center is to enhance the ability of
professionals, organizations, and systems to effectively
respond to stalking. The Stalking Resource Center
envisions a future in which the criminal justice system
and its many allied community partners will effectively
collaborate and respond to stalking, improve victim
safety and well-being, and hold offenders
accountable.
The Stalking Resource Center provides training,
technical assistance, and resource materials for
professionals working with and responding to stalking
victims and offenders.
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Defining Stalking
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Stalking
A pattern of behavior directed at
a specific person that would cause
a reasonable person to feel fear.
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Stalking
A pattern of behavior directed at a
specific person that would cause a
reasonable person to feel fear
Repeated behavior – Course of conduct
Usually two or more incidents
Individual behaviors may not be illegal
Can be difficult to recognize the pattern
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Stalking
A pattern of behavior directed at a
specific person that would cause a
reasonable person to feel fear
The target is a specific person
Others?
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Stalking
A pattern of behavior directed at a
specific person that would cause a
reasonable person to feel fear
Would a reasonable person in the victim’s shoes
feel fear?
Can you threaten someone without using words?
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CONTEXT IS CRITICAL!
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Prevalence of Stalking
How many people are stalked annually:
United States?
Who is at the greatest risk of being a
stalking victim?
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Prevalence of Stalking
6.6 million stalked in 1 year in U.S.
Rate
26.5 per 1,000
- The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report (2011)
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Do the Math
1. Take the population of
your community
2. Divide by 1000
3. Multiply by 26.5
4. Equals statistical number
of stalking cases in your
community each year
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Stalking Prevalence – GMU
Student Population~ 33,000
Roughly 874 cases in 1 year
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Prevalence of Stalking
6.6 million stalked in 1 year
Stalking victimization at some point in their
lifetime:
1 in 6 women
1 in 19 men
- The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report (2011)
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Stalking Dynamics
Women more likely to experience stalking
victimization
Individuals under age 25 experience the
highest rates of stalking
Most stalkers are male
Males equally likely to be stalked by a male or female
The majority of victims know their stalkers
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Victim Offender Relationship
5.3%
19.0%
40.0%
41.4%
2.5%
6.8%
13.2%
24.0%
66.2%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
Person of authority
Family member
Stranger
Aquaintance
Current/formerintimate partner
Female
Male
- The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS): 2010 Summary Report (2011)
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Prevalence
Rates of stalking among college students exceed
the prevalence rates found in the general
population:
27% of women and 15% of men
- Fremouw et al. (1997)
25% of women and 11% of men
- Bjerregaard (2000)
During one 9-month period, 13.1% of college women
surveyed reported being stalked - The Sexual Victimization of College Women (2000)
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Victim and Offender Relationship
80.3% of female campus stalking victims
knew their stalkers:
42.5% Current/former boyfriend
24.5% Classmate
10.3% Acquaintance
5.6% Friend
5.6% Co-worker
- The Sexual Victimization of College Women (2000)
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Stalking & Domestic Violence
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81% of stalking victims who were stalked by an
intimate partner reported that they had also been
physically assaulted by that partner. - National Violence Against Women Survey (1998)
3/4 of women who experienced stalking-related
behaviors experienced other forms of victimization
(sexual, physical, or both)
- Stalking acknowledgement and reporting among college women experiencing intrusive behaviors (2007)
Stalking and Intimate Partner Violence
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Point in Intimate Relationship when
Stalking of Women Occurs
After relationship ends = 43%
Before = 21%
Before & After = 36%
- National Violence Against Women Survey (1998)
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Intimate Partner Stalkers: Increased Risk for Victims
More likely to physically approach victim
More insulting, interfering and threatening
More likely to use weapons
Behaviors more likely to escalate quickly
More likely to re-offend
More likely to assault third parties than non-
intimate stalkers The RECON Typology of Stalking, Mohandie et al (2006); Criminal Behavior and Mental Health, Sheridan and Davies(2001)
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Lethality (Femicide)
76% of cases:
victim experienced stalking within 12 months prior
to the murder
85% of attempted cases:
victim experienced stalking within 12 months prior
to the attempted murder
Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide, McFarlane et al. (1999)
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Lethality (Femicide)
67% of the femicide victims:
had been physically abused by their intimate
partner in the 12 months before the murder.
89% of the femicide victims who had been
physically abused:
had also been stalked in the 12 months before the
murder.
Stalking and Intimate Partner Femicide, McFarlane et al. (1999)
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Physical Abuse
+ Stalking
= Greater indicator of potential
lethality than either behavior
alone
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Stalking Behavior
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Pattern of Behavior
2/3 of stalkers pursue their victim at least
once per week
78% of stalkers use more than one means of
approach
Weapons used to harm or threaten victims in
about 20% of cases
- The RECON Typology of Stalking (2006)
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Stalking Behaviors
Following/Surveillance
Sending gifts, letters
Vandalism
Stealing items
OP Violations
Threats (implicit and explicit)
Identity theft
Targets third parties
Proxy stalking
Physical/Sexual assault
Workplace stalking
Harasses via legal
system
Use of children to
harass/monitor
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Stalking Behaviors
13%
29%
32%
31%
34%
36%
67%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
leaving unwanted presents
waiting for victim
showing up at places
unwanted letters and email
following or spying
spreading rumors
unwanted phone calls and…
- Stalking Victimization in the United States - Revised, BJS (2012)
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Stalking Behaviors
34.4%
22.7%
21.1%
3.9%
20.3%
16.4%
12.5%
11.7%
10.2%
9.0%
7.0%
Stole items from house, car or business.
Car was tampered with.
Unwanted contact because someone was waiting around
outside the home, work, etc.
Broke into the house, car, or buisness.
Person came to the home or work place and created a
disturbance.
Threatened to report respondent to police for something
that did not occur.
Threatened to hurt or kill.
Threatened while driving a car.
Threatened to report respondent to CPS or other
authorities if demands were not met.
Threatened to hurt or kill family members.
Threatened to commit suicide.
- Stalking in Texas (2007)
Threatened to report respondents to
CPS or other authorities if demands
were not met. (10.2%)
Threatened to report to police for
something that did not occur.
(16.4%)
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Use of Technology to Stalk
Phones
Cameras
Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
Computers
Spyware
Email & IM
Assistive technologies
Social networking sites
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Stalking by Proxy
Third party stalking
Friends, relatives, children
Unintentional
Intentional
50% - 60% of partner stalking victims say
others were involved in stalking - Logan et al. (2006)
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Recidivism
60% of cases
Time between intervention and recidivism was about
2 months
Stalkers reoffend from between 1day to 6
years
- The RECON Typology of Stalking (2006)
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Duration
3%
11%
3%
5%
9%
13%
17%
39%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Don't know
5 years or more
4 years
3 years
2 years
1 year
7-11 months
6 months or less
- Stalking Victimization in the United States - Revised, BJS (2012)
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Stalking and Other Crimes
Among stalking
cases…
24% involve property
damage
21% involve a direct
attack on the victim
15% involve an attack
on another person or pet
–- Stalking Victimization in the United States, BJS (2009)
54%
52%
30%
0% 20% 40% 60%
Opened/closedaccounts
Took money fromaccounts
Charged items tocredit card
Identity theft
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Why do they stalk?
Seeking affection
Rejection
Obsession
Power & Control
Planning to commit a crime
Because they can
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Victims of Stalking
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Impact of Stalking
Minimization; Self-blame
Guilt, shame or embarrassment
Frustration, Irritability, Anger
Shock and confusion
Fear and anxiety
Depression
Emotional numbness
Flashbacks
Isolation/disconnection from other people
Difficulties with concentration or attention
Feeling suicidal
Decreased ability to perform at
work or school, or accomplish daily
tasks
Post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD)
Sleep disturbances, nightmares
Sexual dysfunction
Fatigue
Fluctuations in weight
Self-medication with alcohol/drugs
Feeling on guard most of the time
- hypervigilance
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Impact on Victims
Afraid of:
46% not knowing what would happen next
30% bodily harm
29% behavior would never stop
13% harm or kidnap a child
10% loss of freedom
9% death
4% losing one’s mind
- Stalking Victimization in the United States, BJS (2009)
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Impact on Victims
13%
12%
7%
0% 5% 10% 15%
Fear or concern forsafety
Getting arestraining/protectionorder or testifying in
court
Changing phonenumber/moving/fixing
damaged property
8%
6%
14%
37%
15%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40%
$5,000 or more
$2,500-4,999
$1,000-2,499
$100-999
$1-99
1 in 8 of employed victims lost time from work
More than half lost 5 days or more
- Stalking Victimization in the United States, BJS (2009)
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“It’s not easy to describe the fear you
have when you see the stalker, or signs
of the stalker, everywhere you go. I
have given up all hopes of ever having
a safe life. For the rest of my life, I will
be looking over my shoulder, expecting
to see him there.”
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“It’s going to take getting a bullet
put in my head before people
understand how serious this is.”
- Statement of stalking victim Peggy Klinke one
month prior to her murder by her stalker in
January 2003
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Do most stalking victims report to law enforcement?
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Reporting to Law Enforcement
37% of male stalking victims
41% of female stalking victims
–- Stalking Victimization in the United States, BJS (2009)
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Reporting of Stalking Incidents
Overall, 83.1% of stalking incidents were
NOT reported to police or campus law
enforcement.
BUT….
93.4% of victims confided in someone, most
often a friend, that they were being stalked. - National Sexual Victimization of College Women Survey
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Reasons For Not Reporting
6%
10%
11%
11%
14%
27%
27%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Feared the perpetrator/afraid of reprisals
Couldn't identify offender/lacked evidence
Thought police wouldn't think it was important
or would be ineffective
Not clear a crime occurred
Reported to another official
Private or personal matter
Thought it a minor incident (minimization)
- Stalking Victimization in the United States, BJS (2009)
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What Can We Do?
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Campus Response
Educational Programming
Awareness
Risk Reduction
Prevention
Bystander Intervention
Advocacy
Training for officials
Implement and Enforce Stalking Policies/Protocol
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Increase Awareness
Add information to orientation materials/activities
Awareness Months:
January – Stalking
February – Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention
April – Sexual Assault
October – Domestic Violence
Post information:
Residence halls/dining halls
Health center
Counseling center
Everywhere
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Resources for Victims
Are You Being Stalked? (Brochure for Victims)
Stalking Questions and Answers
Stalking Incident Behavior Log
Safety Plan Guidelines
Cyberstalking: Dangers on the Information Superhighway
Ten Things You Should Know About Stalking
www.victimsofcrime.org/src
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Documentation
STALKING INCIDENT LOG
Date Time Description of Incident Location of
Incident Witness Name(s)
(Attach Address and Phone #)
Police Called (Report #)
Officer Name (Badge #)
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202-467-8700
www.victimsofcrime.org/src