Stalking Content Topic Results

This article by a nursing student describes a study of intimate partner violence that either occurred in the workplace or that directly impacted the victim’s work.

This document offers guidelines as 'a reference tool' for legal service providers representing victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking in civil protection cases. The standards of practice cover a wide range of abuses, including elder abuse.

This workbook offers introductory information about language, culture, and respectful interactions between hearing and Deaf, helping the user feel comfortable, confident, creative, and competent to provide respectful assistance to Deaf individuals.

This document provides a brief overview of the research on lifetime exposure to violence and the long-term health consequences of violence. It also examines how assessment for lifetime exposure to violence can create a pathway to prevention.

This review lists state laws and recent legislative proposals addressing housing-related issues faced by survivors of domestic and sexual assault, including prohibitions on housing discrimination, defenses to eviction, termination of leases, and penalties for seeking police assistance. Links from the document take the reader to actual text of the laws and legislative proposals. Advocates will find this state law and legislative review helpful for possible state-level housing-related legislative actions and ideas.

This paper highlights published literature and survivor's reports on the use of technology in intimate partner stalking. It includes safety strategies and a resource list for victim advocates.

This resource highlights those interventions that are specific to this population.

This article describes several tactics employed by abusers to track victims using technology. 'Technology may be ushering in a golden age of stalking, in which predators use GPS, cellphones and other devices to track and terrorize.'

This document provides facts and tips about accessing unemployment insurance in the context of domestic violence and answers some frequently asked questions.

Highlights issues and suggests practical options for responding to stalking incidents that occur in college and university campus communities. Includes a review of the history, definitions, and statistics related to stalking, offering useful resources.

This article presents an overview of the history of legal protections for immigrant women who experience domestic violence in the United States. The document notes legal amendments since 1990 that reflect an increased understanding of the danger of domestic violence to the society as a whole and to individual survivors.

The National Violence Against Women (NVAW) Survey sampled both women and men and thus provides comparable data on women's and men's experiences with violent victimization. Respondents to the survey were asked about physical assault (including rape and stalking) they experienced as children by adult caretakers and about what they experienced as adults by any type of assailant. Respondents who disclosed that they had been victimized were asked detailed questions about the characteristics and consequences of their victimization.