Thursday, May 16, 2013

The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.

Stalking According to the Stalking Resource Center: 1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United States.


“Stalking According to the Stalking Resource Center:


1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United States.

1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.

77% of female and 64% of male victims know their stalker.

87% of stalkers are men.

59% of female victims and 30% of male victims are stalked by an intimate partner.

81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner.

31% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner.

The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.

If stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of stalking increases to 2.2 years.

61% of stalkers made unwanted phone calls; 33% sent or left unwanted letters or items; 29% vandalized property; and 9% killed or threatened to kill a family pet.

28% of female victims and 10% of male victims obtained a protective order. 69% of female victims and 81% of male victims had the protection order violated.”


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