Stalking in America: Findings From the National Violence Against Women Survey

• NCJ Number: 169592
• Date Published: January 1998
• Length: 19 pages
• Publication Series: NIJ Research in Brief
• Agencies: NIJ

Annotation

Data from the National Violence Against Women Survey, a nationally representative telephone survey of 8,000 women and 8,000 men, found stalking to be much more prevalent than previously thought.

Abstract

This Research in Brief presents data from the first-ever national study on stalking and addresses questions related to the prevalence of stalking.