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Office of Justice Projects Crime Act Reports to Congress
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ocpa/94Guides/
This site has the
Stalking and Domestic Violence: The Third Annual Report
to Congress Under the Violence Against Women Act
(July 1998), as well as the Second Annual Report (July 1997)
and the First Annual Report,
Domestic Violence, Stalking, and Antistalking Legislation
Annual Report
(March 1996). There are also links to the STOP Grant
Evaluation Reports.
Violence Against Women Online Resources
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/library/stalk/
This site is a cooperative project of the
Violence Against Women Office (VAWO), Office of Justice
Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, and Minnesota Center
Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA ) at the University of
Minnesota. It provides links to the report
Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence
Against Women Survey
by Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes for the National
Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. This is a comprehensive summary of the stalking
information gathered from the 1998 National Violence Against
Women Survey. There is also a link to Nancy K. D. Lemon?s
commentary on the Model Anti-Stalking Code for the
States.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Victims Page
on Stalking
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/more.asp?category=51&subcategory150
This site provides some of the same resources as
Office of Justice Projects Crime Act Reports to Congress and
Violence Against Women Online Resources, but it also includes
Evaluation Guidebook: Projects Funded by S.T.O.P. Formula
Grants under the Violence Against Women Act, Regional Seminar
Series on Developing and Implementing Antistalking Codes, and
Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted
Violence.
The National Criminal Justice Reference Service provides a
searchable, on-line abstract database and full-text database
from their homepage
http://abstractsdb.ncjrs.org/content/AbstractsDB_Search.asp
American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
http://www.ndaa.org/publications/apri/violence_against_women.html
(This page is no longer available as of October 10, 2002)
In 1997, APRI's VAWA program published a
monograph funded by the Bureau of Justice
Assistance Stalking: Prosecutors Convict and
Restrict.
The stalking monograph describes current initiatives local
prosecutors can follow to successfully prosecute, convict,
and sentence stalkers. It also examines two innovative
anti-stalking programs within an urban and a rural
jurisdiction. The publication is free, but there is a $6.95
charge for shipping. It can be ordered from APRI?s web site.
(as of September 17, 2002, this material is not available for
publication online.)
International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
http://theiacp.org/documents/pdfs/Publications/ordersprotection.pdf
Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence: A Law
Enforcement Officer?s Guide to Enforcing Orders of Protection
Nationwide.
This report was produced as a cooperative effort between VAWO
and the IACP.
http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/pubs/pslc/pslc1.toc.htm
Combating Workplace Violence
is a report that provides information for employers and law
enforcement in preventing workplace violence and it also
addresses what to do if an incident does occur.
Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence
http://www.pcadv.org/Publications.html
From this web site you can view many publications
including their fact sheets on protection from abuse orders,
stalking, and workplace violence. There is also a
downloadable (PDF Format) booklet, titled
An Advocate?s Guide to Full Faith and Credit for Orders
of Protection,
and reviews of intimate partner homicides in
Pennsylvania.
Research on Stalking
Stalking in America: Findings from the National Violence
Against Women Survey
from the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Report by Patricia Tjaden and
Nancy Thoennes, published in April 1998.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/169592.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/169592.txt
Extent, Nature, and Consequence of Intimate Partner
Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women
Survey
from the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Report by Patricia Tjaden and
Nancy Thoennes, published in July 2000.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/181867.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/181867.txt
Prevalence, Incidence and Consequence of Violence Against
Women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women
Survey
from the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. Report by Patricia Tjaden and
Nancy Thoennes, published in November 1998.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/172837.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/172837.txt
Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence and Consequence
of Violence Against Women: Findings from the National
Violence Against Women Survey
released in November 2000.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/183781.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/183781.txt
The Crime of Stalking: How Big is the Problem?
from the National Institute of Justice Research Preview. A
summary of a presentation by Patricia Tjaden, November 1997.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/fs000186.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/fs000186.txt
The Sexual Victimization of College Women
from the National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice
Statistics. Report by Justice Research and Statistics
Association, published in December 2000. Report by Bonnie
Fisher, Francis Cullen, and Michael Turner.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/182369.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/182369.txt
Measuring Violence Against Women: Recommendations from an
Interagency Workshop
from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of
Health and Human Services (DHHS). Reported in the NIJ
Journal, October 2000.
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/jr000245e.pdf
For a complete copy of the workshop
recommendations, please see the report
Building Data Systems for Monitoring and Responding to
Violence Against Women: Recommendations from a Workshop,
published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report vol. 49, no. RR-11,
October 27, 2000.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4911.pdf
Domestic and Sexual Violence Data Collection: A Report to
Congress under Violence Against Women Act
from the National Institute of Justice and Bureau of Justice
Statistics. Report by Justice Research and Statistics
Association, published in July 1996.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/dvsal.htm
Regional Seminar Series on Implementing Antistalking
Codes
from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, published in June
1996.
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/anticode.txt
Protective Intelligence and Threat Assessment: A Guide
for State and Local Law Enforcement Officials
from the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs
(OJP). Report by Robert A. Fein and Bryan Vossekuil,
published in July 1998.
PDF format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles/170612.pdf
Text format -
http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/170612.txt
2000 National Victim Assistance Academy - Training
Material on Stalking
from the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) of the Department
of Justice, updated January 29, 2001.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa2000/academy/chap22-2.htm
There is supplemental information on cyberstalking found at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa2000/academy/V-22-2ST.htm
The index for the entire manual is found at
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa2000/academy/
Identifying Risk Factors for Femicide in Violent Intimate
Relationships
from the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Research
is currently being conducted. Preliminary results are listed
in an easy-to-follow slide show.
http://www.son.jhmi.edu/research/CNR/Homicide/default.htm
Asian Family Violence Report
from the Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence. Report
by Marianne R. Yoshioka and Quynh Dang, published in November
2000.
http://www.atask.org/AFVR_Print.pdf
Stalking: The Crime of the 90's
by Matthew Goode. This is a comparative study of U.S. and
Australian antistalking legislation.
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/proceedings/27/goode.pdf
In the Campus Shadows, Women Are Stalkers as Well as the
Stalked
by Andrew Brownstein in the Chronicle of Higher Education,
December 8, 2000.
http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i15/15a04001.htm
Stalking: why do people do it?
by Rajesh Nadkarni and Don Grubin. Editorial from BMJ, June
3, 2000.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/320/7248/1486
Association Between Violence, Psychosis, and Relationship
to Victims in Stalkers
by Frank R. Farnham, David V. James, and Paul Cantrell in the
Lancet, Vol 355, January 15, 2000.
http://www.thelancet.com
To access this article you will need to log on as
a user at the Lancet web site. There is no charge for
accessing their site and certain articles, but you do need to
have a user name and password.
Stalking - a contemporary challenge for forensic and
clinical psychiatry
by J. H. Kamphius and P. M. G. Emmelkamp in the British
Journal of Psychiatry, March 2000.
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/176/3/206
Review Paper:
Stalking Part I: An Overview of the Problem
by Karen M. Abrams, MD, FRCPC and Gail Erlick Robinson, MD,
DPsych, FRCPC. From the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.
43, June 1998.
http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/1998/June/abrams.htm
Stalking Part II: Victims? Problems With the Legal System
and Therapeutic Considerations
by Karen M. Abrams, MD, FRCPC and Gail Erlick Robinson, MD,
DPsych, FRCPC. From the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, Vol.
43, June 1998.
http://www.cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/1998/June/abrams.htm
Stalking and Harassment of University Counseling
Center Staff is Assessed
http://www.apa.org/releases/harass.html
A review of the report ?Stalking and Related
Behaviors Experienced by Counseling Center Staff Members from
Current or Former Clients? by John S.C. Romans, Ph.D., Joni
R. Hays, Ph.D., and Tamiko K. White, MS, in
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice,
Vol. 27, No. 6.
Book Review of
Stalkers and Their Victims
by Paul E. Mullen, Michele Pathe, and Rosemary Purcell. Book
review by John Gunn in the BMJ, November 18, 2000.
http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7271/1296/a
If you experience difficulty in accessing this
page using this link, please run a search on the BMJ site at
http://bmj.com/all.shtml
using ?Gunn, John? for Author and ?Stalkers and Their
Victims? for ?Words in Title or Abstract.?
Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ)
http://www.ilj.org/stalking/index.htm
The Institute for Law and Justice (ILJ), with
support from the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), U.S.
Department of Justice, is studying the enactment of
antistalking legislation throughout the United States and the
establishment of support programs for victims and their
relatives and programs to control stalkers.
Their
Report on a National Survey of Law Enforcement and
Initiatives Against Stalking
is downloadable in PDF Format. This site also contains many
links to on-line information, including federal and state
anti-stalking legislation.
Fact Sheets on Stalking
Fact sheets on stalking from Privacy Rights Clearinghouse
are available at
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/index.htm
The recently updated site now provides three fact
sheets on stalking:
14. Are You Being Stalked? Tips For Your Protection
14(a). Security Recommendation for Stalking Victims.
14(b). Personal Safety Tips from a Long-Time Stalking Victim
All are concise and useful sources of
information.
Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/family/brochures/!stalkin.pdf (As of 8/25/03, this site is no longer available.)
This site provides a fact sheet on stalking
produced by the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic
Violence. It includes general information about stalking and
the Pennsylvania law.
National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center
http://www.vawprevention.org/research/stalking.shtml
This fact sheet on stalking by Mindy Mechanic,
Ph.D, provides definitions and statistics on
stalking.
Antistalking Web Sites
AARVARC (An Abuse, Rape and Domestic Violence Aid and
Resource Collection)
http://www.aardvarc.org/stalking/about.shtml
This web site provides information on stalking
and phone harassment, including information on what to do if
you are a victim of stalking and links to state antistalking
statutes.
Angels in Blue
http://members.aol.com/lrfuzz1/Stalking/Stalking.html
A web site by Angels in Blue, the Knights Of
Kindness and SafetyEd that provides information on state
stalking statutes, definitions of stalking, a typology of
stalking behavior, and other information.
The Antistalking Web Site
http://www.antistalking.com
This is a site for anyone interested in the crime
of stalking. It is not meant to be a resource for stalking
victims, but for law enforcement, mental health
professionals, researchers, educators, legislators, and
security personnel. On this site, you can learn about
stalkers and stalking - why stalkers do what they do, the
different types of stalkers and their impact on victims, and
much more. This site also promotes the book,
I Know You Really Love Me: A Psychiatrist?s Journal of
Erotomania, Stalking and Obsessive Love
by Doreen Orion, MD.
Communities Against Violence Network
http://www.cavnet2.org/
The purpose of the CAVNET homepage is to serve as
a searchable, authoritative source of information about
violence against women, children, persons with disabilities,
gays and lesbians, and others. From the homepage, you can
browse their web site, but to access certain areas of their
web site, visitors need to register as an advocate or expert.
Visitors are able to do this from their homepage. An easy way
to search the site it to go to the issues directory. There is
an issue page for stalking that is found at
http://www.cavnet2.org/IssueListing.cfm?Code=aw
Here there are links to reports, on-line resources, and to
people who are victim service providers or
experts.
E.S.I.A. (End Stalking In Arizona)
http://www.esia.net/
The purpose of this site is to help educate the
general public, and to be of assistance to all current
potential victims of stalking. This site provides information
on stalking, stalking behavior, safety tips, resources for
stalking victims, Arizona laws, and much more.
The Kids and I
http://www.thekidsandi.com/(as of March 12, 2003, this site is no longer active)
A web site providing advice for women with
children who are being stalked. The site advertizes the book
How to Get Out and Stay Safe,
which addresses marital abuse and its effects on children. It
also discusses how to get out, stay out, keep your address
and whereabouts private, and communicate with your children?s
father when there is a restraining order or when you don't
want your stalker to find you. It sells for
$21.99.
The Stalking Assistance Site
http://www.stalkingassistance.com (as of July 9, 2002, this
site is no longer available.)
This site provides information on state and
federal antistalking legislation as well as helpful
information about protection orders. It also provides a
downloadable ?Stalking Incident Log,? ?Suspect Information,?
?Points of Contact,? and ?Telephone Log? forms. The site
highlights consulting services and a 900-line phone
consultation at 1-900-737-SAFE (7233). There is a fee for
these services: $1.50 per minute.
Stalking Behavior
http://www.stalkingbehavior.com/
This stalking site will guide you through the
most current information available and offer easy access to
on-line references. For those who need information for
research on stalking, citations and references are provided.
Visitors are encouraged to send new information. Information
is provided on safety planning, statistics, general
information on stalking, and other resources.
Stalking: From Online to Offline
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/random/index.html
This site provides information on cyberstalking
and stalking. It includes general information on both and
offers links to resources, as well as one woman?s account of
being stalked.
StalkingSolutions.com
http://www.stalkingsolutions.com/
Renee Goodale, founder of S.O.S., runs this site
that highlights her consultant services. Goodale provides
case assessment and case management to victims of stalking
and is also available for public speaking
engagements.
Stalking Victims? Sanctuary
http://www.stalkingvictims.com/
This site provides general information about
stalking, an annotated bibliography on stalking resources,
on-line and off-line resources, and more. The site also
promotes the Linden Gross book,
Surviving a Stalker: Everything You Need to Know to
Protect Yourself.
Stalking Victims Resource Page
http://members.aol.com/besafenow/main.html
This site promotes the book,
How to Lose Anyone Anywhere,
by Michael Scott. This book was updated in 2000 and provides
?countermeasures? for stalking victims. It includes chapters
on phone harassment and how to navigate through the legal
system. The book costs $29.95.
Stop Domestic Violence
http://www.stopdv.com/index2.htm
This site has links to many on-line and off-line
resources concerning domestic violence. The site also sells
Anne O?Dell?s video,
Till Death Do Us Part: The Domestic Violence
Stalker.
The site also has information on trainings that Anne O?Dell
conducts on domestic violence and stalking.
Other Helpful Web Sites
State Coalitions on Domestic Violence
http://www.feminist.org/gateway/feministgateway-results.asp?category1=violence&category2=domestic%20violence
From the Feminist Majority web site.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
http://www.nsvrc.org/
Provides links to all the state Sexual Assault
Coalitions.
National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
http://www.4woman.gov/violence/
NWHIC is a service of the Office on Women's
Health in the Department of Health and Human Services. This
site provides links to federal sites and information on many
forms of violence against women, including sexual assault and
relationship violence.
Ending Violence Against Women
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/agendaforthenation/welcome.html
(As of July 9, 2002, this page is no longer available.)
This site contains the complete guide,
Agenda for the Nation,
which outlines the federal government?s commitment to ending
violence against women. There is useful information here,
including appropriate approaches to violence against women
for the heath care community, the military, colleges and
universities, and others.
Videos
Domestic Violence: The Workplace Responds,
from the Family Violence Prevention Fund.
http://store.yahoo.com/fvpfstore/domviolworre.html
Survivors of domestic violence, their co-workers,
and their employers share real-life stories that powerfully
demonstrate the impact of violence on the workplace. This
15-minute video shows employers and co-workers how they can
assist employees who are in abusive relationships. One of the
real-life stories focuses on a victim of stalking and her
employer?s positive response to her situation, including the
steps her employer took to protect her safety. The cost of
this video is $10.00.
Stalkers: Deadly Obsession
http://www.aande.com/
This video features a chilling statement from
Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's assassin, highlighting his
stalking behavior. It sells for $29.95. The video Stalkers:
Assassins Among Us, in an interview with prosecutor Marcia
Clark and examines the growing problem of stalking. It sells
for $19.95. Both videos are from A&E
Stalked? What to Do
http://www.ci.dover.nh.us/police/anti_stalking.htm
If you suspect you are a victim of stalking and
aren't quite ready to meet with your local police, the Dover
Police Department and members of the Anti-Stalking Unit can
provide a ten-minute video,
Stalked? What to Do.
This video, which provides basic information on New
Hampshire?s stalking laws and safety planning, is free and
available by contacting the Dover Police
Department.
National News Archives
http://detnews.com/2001/metro/0102/05/-184333.htm
Federal court upholds Michigan stalking law? February 5,
2001
http://www.jsonline.com/bym/tech/news/nov00/privacy21112000.asp
Database of web site owners debated? November 20, 2000
http://www.msnbc.com/local/mul/433.asp (This page is no longer available as of 12/02/03).
Victim's family hopes to tighten domestic violence laws?
October 24, 2000
http://www.cnn.com/2000/LOCAL/pacific/08/22/azc.police.stalkers/index.html
Mesa police get tough on suspects? August 22, 2000
http://www.crimcase.com/news/issue4no29.html
Study paints ugly picture of intimate brutality: 1 in 4 women
stalked or beaten by mates? July 14, 2000
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/31/cyberstalking.idg/index.html
A case of cyberstalking? May 31, 2000
http://www.apbnews.com/safetycenter/family/2000/05/17/index.html
(as of July 17, 2002, this page is no longer available.)
APB News special investigative report on intimate-partner
violence? May 17, 2000
http://www.apbnews.com/safetycenter/family/2000/01/05/stalklaws_table.html
(as of July 9, 2002, this page is no longer available.)
Status and features of stalking laws across the U.S.? January
5, 2000
http://www.apbnews.com/crimesolvers/douglas/1999/12/10/douglas1210_01.html
(as of July 9, 2002, this page is no longer available.)
Stalking and obsession: celebrities and ordinary citizens
alike are targets? December 10, 1999
http://www.cnn.com/US/9909/29/internet.stalking/
Congress urged to strengthen anti-stalking law, include
Internet? September 29, 1999
http://www.idg.net/idgns/1999/09/16/WhiteHouseMovesAgainstCyberstalkers.shtml (As of 8/22/03, this page is no longer available.)
White House moves against cyberstalkers? September 16,
1999
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/09/gymnast.v.father/index.html
Gymnast Moceanu's father ordered to stay away? December 9,
1998
http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/09/gymnast.v.father/index.html
Supreme Court rejects anti-stalking challenges? April 20,
1998
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9707/02/celebrity.security/index.html
Technology brings stalkers one step closer to celebrities?
July 2, 1997
http://www.cnn.com/US/9609/23/defense.bill/index.html
Military personnel get pay raise. Authorization bill also
extends stalking laws.? September 23, 1996
http://www.msnbc.com/news/456390.asp (this page is no longer available as of 12/02/03).
Cyberstalking?
http://www.msnbc.com/local/rtla/a230435.asp (As of 08/07/04, this page is no longer available).
More La. women victimized by stalkers?
http://www.msnbc.com/local/pisea/m1186.asp (As of 06/11/04, this page is no longer available.)
Tax protester, militia member charged with stalking federal
agents?
http://www.msnbc.com/local/knsd/547838.asp (This page is no longer available as of 12/02/03).
Man stuck in chimney sentenced?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/175242.asp (as of 08/07/04, this page is no longer available.)
Hanging 'em high in cyberspace?
http://www.msnbc.com/news/431524.asp (this page is no longer available as of 12/02/03).
Margaret Ray's story?
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