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Campus Announcements
National Stalking Awareness Month: Stalking Stats
Department / Organization: Office of Institutional Equity & Title IX
How common is stalking? What types of stalking and harassment are most reported?
-1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men experience stalking victimization at some point in their lifetime.
-Ages 18-24 experienced the highest prevalence of stalking.
Who are college students most likely to tell if they are experiencing stalking?
-92% tell friends and/or family -29% contact a campus program or resource for help
According to a special report by the US Department of Justice, the types of the stalking and harassment behaviors most experienced by victims include:
63.5% unwanted phone calls and messages 28.4% unwanted letters and e-mail 31.2% spreading rumors 26.1% Following or spying 24.1% Showing up at places 21.8% Waiting for victim 9.8% Leaving unwanted presents
The majority of college student victims are stalked by someone they know. A 2020 AAU survey found the following: The most common stalkers are former intimate partners(33%), closely followed by someone the victim knows or recognizes but is not a friend(31%), then friends(25%), classmates(18%), and current intimate partners(14%)
Reminder: Stalking is prohibited by Mines’ Student Conduct Code of Conduct and our Title IX policy, and is a crime in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Territories.
For more information on stalking visit visit the link included in this post.
Brought to you by the Office of Institutional Equity & Title IX (https://www.mines.edu/institutional-equity-title-ix/).