Bjerregaard B
Department of Criminal Justice, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 28223, USA.
Violence Vict. 2000 Winter;15(4):389-406.
This article empirically studies the phenomenon of stalking and its victims by utilizing a random sample of college students at a large public University. The study found that 25% of the women and 11% of the men had been stalked at some point in their lives and that six percent were currently being stalked. Additionally, the study found that the majority of stalking victims are women who are stalked by male offenders. The sample reported being stalked for an average of 347 days and having engaged in a variety of actions in response. A substantial number of victims reported being threatened by their stalkers. This threat was associated with higher levels of fear among the victims and a greater chance of physical attack by the stalkers, particularly for the female victims.
本文通过对一所大型公立大学的大学生进行随机抽样，对跟踪骚扰现象及其受害者进行了实证研究。研究发现，25%的女性和11%的男性在其人生的某个阶段曾遭受过跟踪骚扰，目前有6%的人正在遭受跟踪骚扰。此外，研究发现，大多数跟踪骚扰受害者是女性，犯罪者为男性。样本报告称，被跟踪骚扰的平均时长为347天，并采取了各种应对行动。大量受害者报告称受到跟踪骚扰者的威胁。这种威胁与受害者更高程度的恐惧以及跟踪骚扰者实施人身攻击的更大可能性相关，尤其是对女性受害者而言。
