NCJ Number
234410
Journal
Aggression and Violent Behavior Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: January-February 2011 Pages: 74-84
Date Published
February 2011
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This article discuess various research methods and recommendations on stalking.
Abstract
Stalking is defined in a variety of ways within state statutes and social science and, therefore, researchers have not standardized how to define or operationalize this phenomenon. These disparate definitions and approaches to measurement have important implications for the validity, reliability, and generalizability of knowledge about stalking victimization and perpetration across different contexts. The purpose of this article is to identify patterns in defining and measuring stalking and to advance the field by offering recommendations for measuring stalking more consistently in the future. Methodological procedures of 56 peer-reviewed published stalking studies are examined and implications for future stalking measurement are discussed. (Published Abstract)