[Eoscstudents] January is National Stalking Awareness Month

[Levenia Carey]

Good Morning:

January is National Stalking Awareness Month and the Campus Violence 
Prevention Project is kicking off its campaign to increase awareness and 
reduce victimization.  We have a large number of  activities to enhance 
awareness on campus planned for this month, keep checking your e-mail or 
look for flyers around campus of upcoming events.

I wanted to provide each of you with some FACTS about Stalking in 
America.  The source for this information is U.S. Department of Justice.

    * 1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the United
      States.
    * 77 percent of female and 64 percent of male victims know their
      stalker.
    * 87 percent of stalkers are men.
    * 59 percent of female victims and 30 percent of male victims are
      stalked by an intimate partner.
    * 81 percent of women stalked by a current or former intimate
      partner are also physically assaulted by that partner.
    * 31 percent of women stalked by a current or former intimate
      partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner.
    * 73 percent of intimate partner stalkers verbally threatened the
      victims with physical violence, and almost 46 percent of victims
      experienced one or more violent incidents by the stalker.
    * The average duration of stalking is 1.8 years.
    * When stalking involves intimate partners, the average duration of
      stalking increases to 2.2 years.
    * 61 percent of stalkers made unwanted phone calls; 33 percent sent
      or left unwanted letters or items; 29 percent vandalized property;
      and 9 percent killed or threatened to kill a family pet.

28 percent of female victims and 10 percent of male victims obtained a 
protective order.  Of those, 69 percent of female victims and 81 percent 
of male victims had the protection order violated.

Be informed and know what steps to take if you feel you are a victim of 
stalking.  We have stalking kits available to aid officers in making an 
arrest in the Campus Violence Prevention Project Office, as well as 
literature on stalking and other forms of victimization. Please feel 
free to drop by my office which is located on the 1st floor of Miller 
Hall. 

Have a great day.

Levenia
918-465-1757

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