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This Tip Sheet on High-Tech Stalking was developed to help agencies and communities respond effectively to the ways that technology impacts victims of domestic and dating violence, sexual violence and stalking. Stalkers are increasingly misusing a variety of telephone, surveillance, and computer technologies to harass, terrify, intimidate, coerce, and monitor former and current intimate partners. Perpetrators are also misusing technology to stalk before, during, and after perpetrating sexual violence. This document looks at how the technology works, how agencies and partnerships are using it, benefits and risks, and things to consider regarding High-Tech Stalking.

The Practitioner Perspectives series highlights promising responses to stalking across the United States. The Battered Woman’s Legal Advocacy Project’s Stalking Response Program is a state-wide resource for stalking victims based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Stalking Program Coordinator Deirdre Keys directs the program, holding information sessions and training for multidisciplinary audiences, and providing victim services to address the issue of stalking. Formerly at Cornerstone Advocacy Service, the Stalking Response Program recently created a stalking protocol for law enforcement, prosecutors, and direct service providers for the state of Minnesota.

This fact sheet provides current information and statistics on stalking. Information includes a working definition, exploration of different forms of stalking and legal protections for victims of stalking.