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To be classified as a victim of stalking in the Supplemental Victimization Survey (SVS), the respondent must have experienced a repeated course of conduct (i.e., experiencing the same behavior or contact more than once or experiencing two or more different behaviors one time) that either caused them substantial emotional distress or to fear for their safety or the safety of someone they know or would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or the safety of someone they know.
Traditional stalking includes the following unwanted behaviors:
Stalking with technology includes the following unwanted behaviors:
Stalking laws
The federal government, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories have criminal laws to address stalking. The legal definition for stalking varies across jurisdictions:
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Stalking Victimization, 2016 This report details the demographic characteristics of stalking victims and describes the nature of stalking victimization, including the number of offenders, the victim-offender relationship, and the frequency and duration of the stalking. | |
Summary (PDF 167K) | Full report (PDF 553K) | Data tables (Zip format 16K)
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Stalking Victims in the United States - Revised Presents findings on nonfatal stalking victims in the U.S., based on the largest data collection of such behavior to date. | |
Full report (PDF 948K) | ASCII file (21K) | Spreadsheet (Zip format 26K)
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Stalking Victimization in the United States 3.4 Million people report being stalked in the United States | |
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Perceived age of the stalking offender, by age of the victim Appendix Table 1 from Stalking Victimization in the United States (NCJ 224527). | |
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Perceived race of the stalking offender, by race of the victim Appendix Table 2 from Stalking Victimization in the United States (NCJ 224527). | |
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Onset of unwanted behavior Figure 1 from Stalking Victimization in the United States (NCJ 224527). | |
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