Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center

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A 2006 survey from the Department of Justice indicates the following:

• 8.1% of surveyed women and 2.2% of surveyed men reported being stalked at some time in their life.

The National Center for Victims of Crime found the following in 1995:

• 75-80% of all stalking cases involve men stalking women. Most tend to fall into the young to middle-aged categories. Most have above-average intelligence. Stalkers come from every walk of life and every socio-economic background. Virtually anyone can be a stalker, just as anyone can be a stalking victim.

The 2000 National College Women Sexual Victimization Survey found the following results:

• 13% of the college women had been stalked since the school year began
• 80.3% of victims knew or had seen their stalker before
• 42.4% of stalkers were ex-boyfriends of the victim.
• In 15.3% of incidents, the victim reported that the stalker either threatened or attempted to harm them.
• Overall, 83.1% of stalking incidents were NOT reported to police or campus law enforcement.
• 93.4% of victims confided in someone, most often a friend, that they were being stalked.