CRITERIA FOR STALKING These five things must be present to ensure a conviction of stalking:

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CRITERIA FOR STALKINGThese five things must be
present to ensure a conviction of stalking

• Reasonableness would a reasonable person be
  uncomfortable with the behavior?
• Repeated
• What effect is it having on the victim? No matter
  what the intention of the stalker is, if it is
  making the person feel uncomfortable or
  intimidated, it is stalking.
• Is the offender and the displayed behavior easily
  avoidable?
• Was the person accused of stalking made aware
  that they're behavior was unwanted?

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Prevalence of Stalking

• 13 of women reported being victims of stalking.
• 4 out of 5 know their stalker. 43 are stalked by
  a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend.
• 30 are stalked only off campus. The remaining
  are stalked either only on campus or both on
  off campus.
• Nearly 78 of women report being telephoned by
  their stalker, 42 report being followed by their
  stalker nearly 25 report being emailed by
  their stalker.
• 35 of stalking incidences end in violence.
• 25 of stalking victims obtain restraining
  orders in 2/3 of these cases, the restraining
  order is violated.
• About 50 of all stalking cases are reported to
  the police 25 of these result in an arrest.
• (taken from www.nsvrc.org)

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WHAT TO DO IF BEING STALKED

• Use the XYZ formula
• X The behavior (When you keep calling me)
• Y How it is effecting you (It makes me feel very
  uncomfortable)
• Z What you would like to have happen (so dont
  call me again).
• Notify law enforcement. Stalking should not be
  taken lightly. There is a very good potential for
  violence if nothing is done to break the stalking
  sequence.
• Don't make idle threats. If you say you're going
  to notify the police, do it.
• RECORD EVERYTHING write down everything that
  happens, when it happens, what you did about
  it.
• Log calls visits, save letters, answering
  machine tapes, etc.

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STALKING a willful course of conduct involving
the repeated or continuous harassment of another
individual that would cause a reasonable person
to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated,
threatened, harassed, or molested.

• EXAMPLES OF STALKING
• Confronting a person, showing up a persons
  place of residence or employment, entering a
  persons property, making regular contact by any
  means (notes, email,etc), or any other way of
  making a persons presence known.

• STALKING IS PUNISHABLE BY
• Up to 1 year in prison
• Fine of up to 1,000
• Both of the above
• Up to 5 years probation

• PLEASE CALL FOR HELP!
• SEXUAL ASSAULT PEER ADVOCATES CRISIS LINE
  774-2255 (CALL)
• YOUR RA OR MA

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WHAT TO DO

• Tell the stalker "no" only once, then never
  satisfy them with a reaction again.
• Get a dog, "one of the least expensive but most
  effective alarms."
• Restrict access to your home address telephone
  number. Get a cell phone keep it with you at
  all times.
• If the stalker gets your home telephone number,
  dont change it, let the machine pick-up.
  Whenever you close off one avenue for a stalker,
  they will find another it could easily be
  worse. Give your new cell number, to everyone but
  the stalker.
• Document everything (make a log save evidence
  like letters)
• Have co-workers roommates screen all calls
  visitors.
• Dont accept unordered packages destroy
  discarded mail.
• If a car continues to follow you, drive to the
  nearest police station, never home or to a
  friends house.
• Acquaint yourself with 24 hour, populated places
  in your area.
• Consider moving if your case warrants it.
• Dont be embarrassed or think you caused this
  somehow.

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Types of Stalkers These are broad categories
may overlap

• Intimate partner stalkers refuse to believe a
  relationship has really ended. Studies show most
  arent sympathetic, lonely people who are still
  hopelessly in love, but were in fact emotionally
  abusive controlling during the relationship.
  This category accounts for 50 of stalkers.
• Delusional stalkers frequently have had little,
  if any, contact with their victims. Major mental
  illnesses like schizophrenia, manic-depression or
  erotomania are common. Some studies show these
  are the most tenacious of all stalkers.
• In erotomania, stalkers actually believe theyre
  in a relationship with their victim, even though
  they might never have met. Lasts an average of 10
  years.
• Another type might believe theyre destined to be
  with someone. They know they arent having a
  relationship with their victim, but firmly
  believe they will some day.
• Theyre both threatened by yearn for closeness
  they often pick victims who are unattainable in
  some way. What they cant attain in reality is
  achieved through fantasy for this reason the
  delusion seems to be so difficult to relinquish
  Even an imaginary love is better than no love at
  all.
• Vengeful stalkers typically become angry with
  their victims over some slight, real or imagined.
  They all stalk to "get even.
• Includes psychotics, former intimate partner
  stalkers delusional stalkers can become
  vengeful for a variety of reasons. (restraining
  orders, or marriage).
• In general, the less of a relationship that
  actually existed prior to the stalking, the more
  mentally disturbed the stalker.