Stalking and Stalkers

Stalking and Stalkers: Women's Self Defense(For Fact Sheet Details click on graphic)

Stalking is an insidious crime that affects 1,006,970 women and 370,990 men annually in the U.S. This information is provided as part of your self defense awareness. A womens self defense program should focus on personal safety awareness first.

Stalking was defined as "a course of conduct directed at a specific person that involves repeated visual or physical proximity, non-consensual communication, or verbal, written or implied threats or a combination thereof, that would cause a reasonable person to fear."

The National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cosponsored a nationally representative phone survey of 8,000 women and 8,000 men, 18 years and older.

This was the first national research study to examine the problem of stalking and stalkers. The study provides empirical data on the prevalence of stalking, the characteristics of stalking, and the consequences of stalking.

Key Findings in Study on Stalking

1 out of every 12 women will be stalked during her lifetime
1 out of 45 men will be stalked during his lifetime
1,006,970 women are stalked annually
370,990 men are stalked annually

Stalkers

94% of stalkers identified by female victims were men.
60% of stalkers identified by male victims were men.
87% of stalkers overall were men.

77% of female victims were stalked by someone they knew. 59% of female victims were stalked by an intimate partner.

64% of male victims were stalked by someone they knew.
30% of male victims were stalked by an intimate partner.

Top three reasons victims felt they were being stalked:

stalker wanted to control victim.
stalker wanted to keep victim in relationship.
stalker wanted to scare victim.

Average duration of stalking reported was 1.8 years; however if stalking involved intimate partners, average duration increased to 2.2 years.

Top three reasons victims thought the stalking ended:

victim relocated.
stalker got a new love interest.
police warned stalker.

Effects of stalking on victim:

30% of female victims and 20% of male victims sought counseling.
26% of victims lost time from work.
7% never returned to work because of stalking.

Stalking: A Handbook for Victims
by Emily Spence-Dieh

Help For Victims
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Stalking Resource Center

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* A special type of Knee Kick, page 12
* Easy to learn Front Snap Kick, page 16
* Elbow Strikes are Painful!, page 20
* Security with a Keychain Weapon, page 34
* What to do if you find yourself on the ground, page 41
* Arming your purse with Household Items, page 45
* How to swing your purse as a weapon, page 44
* Grab from behind techniques, pages 23, 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, 39
* Bear Hug from the front.. or more pain for the offender! Pages 10, 22, 26, 27, 28, 37, 39
* How to use this book, or a magazine as a Weapon, pages 32, 33

The actual physical techniques that make up the self-defense moves are not difficult to learn, the basic skills are not always instinctive. By familiarizing yourself with a few good simple physical moves, you can help reduce your anxiety over the possibility of an attack and enable yourself to deal with aggression when threatened.

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