Patterns+of+Stalking

=PATTERNS OF STALKING=

Victims of Stalking
Women at greater risk of criminal harassment:
 * Women are three times more likely to be stalked

Most victims are stalked by a partner
 * Partners represented almost half (47%) of all victims of stalking offences.
 * Over half (53%) of female victims are stalked by partners and 29% by acquaintancesAlmost half of male victims (48%) are stalked by acquaintances and 26% are stalked by a partner.

Stalking Perpetrators
Common demographic characteristics of stalkers -
 * A larger proportion of male offenders
 * Late-bloomers - Older relative to other offender groups
 * Higher levels of educational attainment
 * Difficulty with employment

Psychopathology or mental health problems are a common feature -




 * Substance abuse
 * Personality disorders