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Claire Waxman OBE. Ms Cooper said: “Stalking is a horrendous crime. For far too long, victims of stalking have been subject to debilitating and vicious abuse at the hands of stalkers who use any ...
Stalking victims will get "peace of mind" by being told the identity of their abusers under new government proposals, the minister for safeguarding has said. Jess Phillips said the proposed "right ...
In India, around 70% of women are victims of domestic violence. [16] [17] Between 1993 and 2001, U.S. women reported intimate partner violence almost seven times more frequently than men (a ratio of 20:3). [18] Statistics for the year 1994 showed that more than five times as many females reported being victimized by an intimate than did males. [19]
Further results include: 86% of stalking victims were female, 81% of the stalkers were male. Women were mainly stalked by men (88%) while men were almost equally stalked by men and women (60% male stalkers). 19% of the stalking victims reported that they were still being stalked at the time of study participation (point prevalence rate: 2%). To ...
Less than 2% of stalking cases escalate to homicide, but that’s cold comfort for the victims—92% of whom experience mental health problems as a result of the experience. The uncertainty and ...
The perpetrators are lone men in 70% of cases for female victims and 48% of cases for male victims; 20% of men who were harassed were the victims of a lone woman. [13] For men, the most common harassment was homophobic or transphobic slurs, followed by unwanted following, then catcalling and comments on body parts.
Stalking by partners can be very dangerous, as sometimes it can escalate into severe violence, including murder. [68] Police statistics from the 1990s in Australia indicated that 87.7% of stalking offenders were male and 82.4% of stalking victims were female. [69]
A clearer picture is needed to better understand the incidence, prevalence and consequences of ORI and stalking. Better understanding will provide improvements in prevention, intervention and treatment of offenders and victims. [5]