NCJ Number
187733
Journal
Campus Law Enforcement Journal Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Dated: January/February 2001 Pages: 19-20,22,29,31,33
Editor(s)
Karen E. Breseman
Date Published
February 2001
Length
6 pages
Annotation
This article provides an overview of stalking with emphasis placed on research concerning the psychological perspectives of victims, their socioeconomic characteristics, and guidelines for clinical risk management of stalking as they apply to the campus setting.
Abstract
Through data derived from a national study on stalking, co-sponsored by the National Institute of Justice and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is suggested that it is critical that college personnel become more aware of the prevalence of stalking on the college campus. It needs to be realized that stalking situations may include one or both nonsexual physical assault and sexual assault behaviors. The article reviews the study’s data on the psychological perspective and socioeconomic characteristics of victims, the psychological and social consequences for stalking victims, and the guidelines for the clinical risk management of stalking. Cooperation is needed between campus law enforcement personnel, student affairs staff, counselors, and psychiatric personnel. The campus police officer may serve as a key actor in helping to educate others in the campus community about stalking and intervention strategies. The article strongly recommends that a least one officer in every campus law enforcement agency become a specialist in stalking, stalking responses, and threat assessment. References