National Stalking Awareness Month: Prevention and Resources
January is National Stalking Awareness Month. As the month comes to a close it s important to recognize that this is an issue year round. Stalking is terrifying and often escalates into violence. I have personally been a victim of cyber stalking and physical stalking and the trauma is damaging. I do know that I m not at all alone in this.
The statistics on stalking are jarring. Did you know more than 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men will be stalked in their lifetimes? Stalking isn t just following. There are a number of tactics and behaviors stalkers do to scare their victims, including:
A&M Central Texas provides extended support to student victims of stalking
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The Stalking Prevention Awareness and prevention Resource Center (SPARC) reports an estimated 6-7.5 million Americans experience some type of stalking across the country every year.
approaching the victim or showing up in places when the victim didnât want them to be there; making unwanted telephone calls; leaving the victim unwanted messages (text or voice); watching or following the victim from a distance, or spying on the victim with a listening device, camera, or GPS.