Stalking

Question 1

Violence

Answer 1

32% of stalking cases involved physical violence; 12% involved sexual violence (Spitzberg & Cupach, 2007). Women more likely to experience serious violence from their stalkers

Violence estimated in 50% of all cases that result in court.

Question 2

How common is stalking?

Answer 2

18.1% of women: 9.4% of men (aged 16 – 59) report stalking since aged of 16.

Stalking common type of intimate partner violence: 4.1% of women, 3.2% of men in the last year. (Home Office Statistical Bulletin, 2009/2010)

Nationwide: 25% increase in stalking charges in 2014. UP 33% since 2012. = 13, 348 charges given out in England, Wales & N. Ireland

Question 3

Who Stalks?

Answer 3

80-90% stalkers are male, approx. 80% victims are female. This ration changes when considering cyberstalking; around 40% victims males (Maple et al., 2011).

Women more likely to be stalked by men (up to 98%). 1 in 3 men stalked by other males.

Question 4

Classifying Stalkers

Answer 4

• Rejected
• Resentful
• Intimacy Seekers - establish intimate relationship with the victim.
• Incompetent suitor - To establish contact in the hope of a friendship or sexual relationship.
  They are either indifferent or blind to the disinterest or distress of the victim.
• Predatory