The Prevalence of Stalking Among College Students: The Disparity Between Researcher- and Self-identified Victimization

McNamara, Corinne L.; Marsil, Dorothy F.

doi:10.1080/07448481.2011.584335

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“…In fact, all four sex dyads were taken equally seriously by a range of professional and non professional groups. It is worth noting here that if one or more dyads are far less likely to self-identify as a stalking vicim, then they wouldn't have completed the study questionnaire (although McNamara and Marsil's 2012 findings would argue against this notion).…”

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confidence: 96%

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Experiences of Stalking in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Contexts

Sheridan¹,

North²,

Scott³

2014

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Most stalking literature reports on male stalkers and female victims. This work examines stalking experiences in 4 sex dyads: male stalker-female victim, female stalker-male victim, female-female dyads, and male-male dyads. Respondents were 872 self-defined victims of stalking from the United Kingdom and the United States who completed an anonymous survey. The study variables covered the process of stalking, effects on victims and third parties, and victim responses to stalking. Approximately 10% of comparisons were significant, indicating that sex of victim and stalker is not a highly discriminative factor in stalking cases. Female victims of male stalkers were most likely to suffer physical and psychological consequences. Female victims reported more fear than males did, and most significant differences conformed to sex role stereotypes. Earlier work suggested stalker motivation and prior victim-stalker relationship as important variables in analyses of stalking, but these did not prove significant in this work, perhaps because of sampling differences.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…In McNamara and Marsil's (2012) examination of the disparity between researcherand college Same and opposite sex stalking student-identified victim status, 26% of women and 22% of men self-identified as stalking victims.…”

Section: Opposite Sex Stalkingmentioning

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Experiences of Stalking in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Contexts

Sheridan¹,

North²,

Scott³

2014

Violence Vict

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“…Furthermore, according to the recently published Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct administered at the University of Pennsylvania, 3.1% of undergraduates reported that they had been stalked while attending the university (Cantor et al, 2015). Numerous studies of college student populations report similarly high rates of stalking victimization (e.g., Belknap & Sharma, 2014; Buhi, Clayton, & Surrency, 2009; McNamara & Marsil, 2012).…”

Section: Stalking Victimizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Stalking on Campus: A Gendered Perspective on Target Congruence and Opportunity

Elvey

Reyns

McNeeley

2018

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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This study examines target congruence and lifestyle-routine activity behaviors as explanations of stalking victimization among college students, while also considering gender as a moderator in these relationships. Analysis of a nationwide sample of more than 75,000 students from 129 universities across the United States suggests that indicators of target antagonism, target gratifiability, and target vulnerability significantly predict stalking victimization. Indicators of lifestyle-routine activities—in particular, proximity to motivated offenders, exposure to motivated offenders, and target attractiveness—are also significantly related to stalking victimization. In addition, the importance of specific risk factors vary by gender. The results highlight the importance of target congruence as an expansion of lifestyle-routine activities theory, which can help to direct policies and prevention measures in a meaningful and systematic way.

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“…Victims of stalking often do not identify themselves as such (see McNamara & Marsil, 2012). Given that 43% of the college student participants in the McNamara and Marsil's study were identified as stalking victims according to indirect behavioral indicators, 75% failed to identify themselves as victims.…”

Section: Stalkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This attention is also deservedly pointed at college students, given that 74% stalking victims range in age between 18 and 39 years (McNamara & Marsil, 2012). Jordan, Wilcox, and Pritchard (2007) report that 13% to 27% college women bear the brunt of stalking behavior.…”

Section: Stalkingmentioning

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The Significant Frequency and Impact of Stealth (Nonviolent) Gender-Based Abuse Among College Women

Belknap

Sharma

2014

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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The prevalence, incidence, and impact of the gender-based abuse (GBA) of college women have been increasingly documented since the 1980s, with growing precision in the measurements and expanding identification of tactics. Although there is an obvious class bias in focusing on college women (compared to women of similar ages not attending college), it is important to address GBA among this population as they are at serious risk of sexual abuse (particularly incapacitated rape), intimate partner abuse (IPA), and stalking. This article addresses the stealth nature of the nonviolent GBAs of college women and how these abuses frequently operate under the radar of acknowledgment by society, the abusers, campus officials, the criminal legal system, and sometimes, the survivors.

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The Prevalence of Stalking Among College Students: The Disparity Between Researcher- and Self-identified Victimization

Cited by 45 publications

References 23 publications

Experiences of Stalking in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Contexts

Experiences of Stalking in Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex Contexts

Stalking on Campus: A Gendered Perspective on Target Congruence and Opportunity

The Significant Frequency and Impact of Stealth (Nonviolent) Gender-Based Abuse Among College Women

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