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How much do you know about stalking?


1.         The majority of stalking victims are celebrities:

 
TRUE
FALSE

2.         How many people are stalked in America every year?

 
A. 400,000
B. 1 million
C. 800,000
D. 1.4 million

3.         What percentage of women who are stalked by an intimate partner are also sexually assaulted by that partner?

 
A. 11%
B. 21%
C. 31%
D. 41%

4.         The majority of women stalked by their current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner.

 
TRUE
FALSE

5.         What percentage of stalking victims are men?

 
A. 5%
B. 11%
C. 22%
D. 44%

6.         What percentage of stalkers are women?

 
A. 2%
B. 9%
C. 13%
D. 25%

7.         Most stalking victims who had obtained a protective order against their stalker had the protective order violated by the stalker:

 
TRUE
FALSE

8.         How many states have stalking laws?

 
A. 25
B. 34
C. 48
D. 50

9.         What percentage of male stalking victims are stalked by other men?

 
A. 10%
B. 25%
C. 40%
D. 60%

10.       More than 80 percent of women who were stalked on campus knew their stalker?

 
TRUE
FALSE



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This project was supported by Grant Nos. 2008-TA-AX-K017 and 2004-WT-K050 awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this program are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.

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