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.
National
Criminal Justice Reference Service Victims Page on Stalking
http://www.ncjrs.gov/ApplTopics/Topic.aspx?topicid=92
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 at
www.ncjrs.org.
American
Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
http://www.ndaa-apri.org/publications/apri/violence_against_women.html
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.
International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
http://www.theiacp.org/pubinfo/
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/documents/pdfs/publications/ACF3068.pdf
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/Homicide/ABOUT_STUDY.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/Resources_AFVR.htm
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 St alked
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.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMen&list_uids=10675121&dopt=Abstract
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://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://cpa-apc.org/Publications/Archives/CJP/1998/June/abrams-2.htm
Book Review of Stalkers and Their Victims by Paul E. Mullen,
Michele Path?, 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/
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.
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
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 Stalking
Assistance Site
http://www.stalkingassistance.com/
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.
WHOA - Working to Halt Online Abuse
This site includes information on cyber-stalking.
Ending Violence Against Women
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovw
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.
Internet and Computer Safety
http://nnedv.org/resources/internetsafety/
From the National Network to End Domestic
Violence Web site
National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life
(NCALL)
http://www.ncall.us/
The vision of NCALL is to
end abuse and neglect of older adults and people with disabilities by family
members, caregivers and others with ongoing relationships with
victims
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.4women.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.
State Coalitions on
Domestic Violence
http://www.feminist.org/911/crisis.html#state
From the Feminist Majority web site.
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
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.
http://www.aande.com/
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.