- High-Tech Stalkers
- "How I Stalked My Girlfriend"
- The Victim's Side
- Identity Assumption
- The Wild, Wild Web
- Sticks and Stones
- The "Stalker" E-Card
- Cyber Stalking and the Law
- Cyber Stalking Facts
- Lethality Assessment Tools
- If You Think You Are Being Cyber Stalked
- Teen/Tech Stalking
- Online GamesThe New Stalker's Ground
- Online Gaming and Malware
- Would You Say It to My Face?
- National School Board Survey
- Women as Perpetrators
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Cyber Stalking Facts
The following statistics shed some light on who the stalker is and who the stalker targets:
- Sixty-six percent of stalkers pursue their victim at least once per week.
- Seventy-eight percent of stalkers use more than one approach.
- Eighty-one percent of victims stalked by an intimate partner reported that they had previously been assaulted.
- Eighty-seven percent of stalkers are men.
- Ninety-four percent of female victims are stalked by men.
- Sixty percent of male victims are stalked by other men.
- Just over 13% of college students reported being stalked.
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Sixty-two percent of cyber stalking victims are female, primarily ages 18–24.
(Source: www.wiredsafety.org/resources/powerpoint/cyberstalking_study.ppt)
Just like domestic violence, stalking and cyber stalking at the hands of a former intimate partner can escalate and result in danger to a victim. Factors used in threat assessment include looking at the stalker's level of motive, means, ability, intent, and experience. A rise in these things, in combination with one another, can determine the level of threat facing a victim. The danger potential is often seen in "dramatic moments" such as the arrest of the perpetrator, the issuance of a restraining or stalking order, court hearings, custody hearings, anniversary dates, and any family-oriented holiday. The threat level is greater to a victim during these times.