Mission

“It is the purpose of Domestic Violence Services, Inc. to provide services to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault and to work toward ending violence within the community, now and in the future”

Stalking Statistics

While legal definitions of stalking vary from one jurisdiction to another, a good working definition of stalking is: A course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.

Stalking & Intimate Partner Violence Statistics

There is a real and frighteningly significant connection between stalking and intimate partner violence. In fact, intimate partner stalking is the largest category of all stalking cases. Stalking often co-occurs with intimate partner violence and can be an indicator of other forms of violence. Many abusers use stalking to intimidate and control their victims.

The majority of stalking victims are stalked by someone they know. Many victims are stalked by a current or former intimate partner, or by an acquaintance.

74% of those stalked by a former intimate partner reported violence and/or coercive control durian the relationship.

The average length of partner stalking is approximately 2.2 years.

81% of women who were stalked by a current or former husband or cohabitating partner were also physically assaulted by that partner.

31% of women stalked by an intimate partner were also sexually assaulted.

46% of victims experienced one or more violent incidents by their stalker.

57% of stalking victims were stalked during the relationship.

Stalking & Separation

Stalking does not just occur when a person leaves the relationship. Victims are stalked while still in the relationship with a controlling partner, making separation very difficult. Due to many safety concerns, stalking victims find that they wills sometimes need to stay with the controlling, stalking partner to prevent further harm. Stalking after a separation may increase the risk of violence. Victims stalked by violent partners report more separation attempts than partner violence victims who were not stalked.

Stalking & Femicide

There is also a significant connection between stalking and intimate partner homicide. Several studies, including the one from which the statistics below are reported found that stalking is an indicator or precursor behavior to intimate partner homicide.

76% of intimate partner femicide victims have been stalked by their intimate partner.

67% had been physically abused by their intimate partner.

89% of femicide victims who had been physically assaulted had also been stalked in the 1 months before their murder.

79% of abused femicide victims reported being stalked during the same period that they were abused.

54% of femicide victims reported stalking to police before they were killed by their stalkers.

Statistics from: The stalking prevention, awareness, and resource center.

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