Tjaden P, Thoennes N
Center for Policy Research, Denver, CO 80218, USA.
Violence Vict. 2000 Winter;15(4):427-41.
A review of 1,785 domestic violence crime reports generated by the Colorado Springs Police Department found that 1 in 6 (16.5 percent) contained evidence the suspect stalked the victim. Female victims were significantly more likely than male victims to allege stalking by their partners (18.3 vs. 10.5 percent). Most stalkers were former rather than current intimates. Regardless of victims' gender, reports with stalking allegations were significantly less likely to mention physical abuse or victim injury in the presenting condition, to involve households with children, or to involve victims and suspects who were using alcohol at the time of the report. Female victims who alleged stalking by their partner were significantly less likely than female victims who did not allege stalking to be emotionally distraught at the time of the report, but significantly more likely to have an active restraining order against the suspect, and to sign releases to facilitate the police investigation. Police almost never charged domestic violence stalking suspects with stalking, preferring instead to charge them with harassment or violation of a restraining order.
对科罗拉多斯普林斯警察局生成的1785份家庭暴力犯罪报告进行审查后发现，六分之一（16.5%）的报告包含嫌疑人跟踪受害者的证据。女性受害者比男性受害者更有可能指控伴侣跟踪（18.3%对10.5%）。大多数跟踪者是前任而非现任亲密关系者。无论受害者性别如何，有跟踪指控的报告在当前情况下提及身体虐待或受害者受伤的可能性显著降低，涉及有孩子家庭的可能性降低，涉及报告时受害者和嫌疑人饮酒的可能性也降低。指控伴侣跟踪的女性受害者在报告时情绪困扰的可能性显著低于未指控跟踪的女性受害者，但对嫌疑人发出有效限制令以及签署文件以协助警方调查的可能性显著更高。警方几乎从未以跟踪罪指控家庭暴力跟踪嫌疑人，而是更倾向于以骚扰或违反限制令对其进行指控。
