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Stalking

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Publications

The following resources are a sample of available materials released in recent years that capture information about stalking. See the Publications section of our site for additional resources.

Child Maltreatment and Psychiatric Disorders Increase Risk for Stalking Victimization
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2023

Cyberstalking: A Growing Challenge for the U.S. Legal System
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2023

Mapping the Cyberstalking Landscape: An Empirical Analysis of Federal U.S. Crimes
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2023

Which dynamics make online child sexual abuse and cyberstalking more emotionally impactful: perpetrator identity and images?
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2023

Stalking Victimization, 2019
Bureau of Justice Statistics, February 2022

Longitudinal Follow-up in the National Survey of Teen Relationships and Intimate Violence (STRiV)
National Institute of Justice, November 2021

Stalking Among College Students
Office on Violence Against Women-Sponsored, September 2021

Stalking & LGBTQ+ Individuals
Office on Violence Against Women-Sponsored, September 2021

Stalking Response Strategies for College Campuses
Office on Violence Against Women-Sponsored, September 2021

Compendium of Research on Violence Against Women 1993-2020
National Institute of Justice, August 2021

Landscape Study of Digital Tools to Identify, Capture, and Analyze Digital Evidence in Technology-Facilitated Abuse Cases
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, August 2021

Stalking Victimization, 2016
Bureau of Justice Statistics, April 2021

Tech Abuse in the Pandemic & Beyond: Reflections from the Field
Office for Victims of Crime-Sponsored, 2021

Ranking Needs for Fighting Digital Abuse: Sextortion, Swatting, Doxing, Cyberstalking and Nonconsensual Pornography
National Institute of Justice, November 2020

Prevalence of and Risk Markers for Dating Abuse-Related Stalking and Harassment Victimization and Perpetration in a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, May 2020

A Sign of the Crimes: Examining Officers’ Identification of, and Arrest for, Stalking in Domestic Violence Complaints
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, May 2020

A Focal Concerns Perspective on Prosecutorial Decision Making in Cases of Intimate Partner Stalking
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, March 2020

Law Enforcement and Stalking: How Law Enforcement Identifies Stalking and Handles Complaints
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Stalking: What Does it Take for Prosecutors to Hold Stalking Offenders Accountable?
National Institute of Justice-Sponsored, 2020

Additional Resources

Search the National Criminal Justice Reference Service Virtual Library/Abstracts Database for additional resources on this topic.

Date Modified: January 24, 2024
Date Created: December 16, 2020