January is National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM)!
Stalking often predicts and/or co-occurs with sexual violence. Stalkers may threaten sexual assault, convince someone else to commit assault and/or actually assault their victims. Nearly 1 in 3 women who were stalked by an intimate partner were also sexually assaulted by that partner.
Stalking is a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that causes fear. Though millions of men and women are stalked every year in the United States – with a frequent co-occurrence of sexual violence -- the crime of stalking is often misunderstood, minimized and/or ignored.
We all have a role to play in identifying stalking and supporting victims and survivors. Click here to learn more about stalking and how you can help stop it!
