Stalking Behaviors Can Look Different Across Communities
Stalking is often a crime overlooked or lumped in with other forms of crime like intimate partner violence. It’s vital that we recognize stalking as its own crime, become aware of the specific stalking strategies, and know how stalking behaviors can look unique and affect communities in unique ways in order to respond and support early and appropriately.
This month, we created a complication of resources and trainings from SPARC and partners predominantly from within the last year centered around stalking and considerations for how advocates can respond if working with survivors with specific identities. As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re looking for more!
Stalking and Older Adults
January 2023
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC) and National Coalition on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL)
This webinar overviews the prevalence and implications of elder abuse then dives into stalking of older adults, including the role ageism and stereotypes play, the unique barriers older survivors of stalking face in reporting and service seeking, and the response to older survivors of stalking.
Stalking and LGBTQ+ Victims
August 2023
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC) and FORGE
This webinar discussed barriers to accessing helping services faced by LGBTQ+ people and how to mitigate harm (not assuming but asking gently, educate self, reflecting language they use). It talked about prevalence of stalking in the LGBTQ+ population and how various SLII stalking behaviors can be uniquely experienced by this population.
Supporting LGBTQ+ Stalking Victims – A guide for advocates
January 2023
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC) and FORGE
The guide for advocates gives an in depth perspective on stalking and the unique ways in which the LGBTQ+ community can be impacted (systemic barriers, stalking behaviors, additional safety planning considerations, etc.)
Stalking Targeting Immigrant Victims
August 2023
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC)
This factsheet breaks down stalking behaviors into four categories: Surveillance, life invasion, interference, intimidation, and discusses how these behaviors may be uniquely experienced by immigrant victims.
Stalking Response Considerations when working with Native Communities
January 2023
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), Red Wind Consulting, Inc., and Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition
This factsheet overviews the scope of stalking in Native communities and its overlap with other forms of violence; stalking behaviors to ask clients about, including some specific to Native communities; recognizing that fear, resources, and need for assistance may change; how victims may maintain contact with perpetrators for a variety of reasons; and Tribal Codes related to stalking and other crimes.
Addressing stalking: A checklist for campus professionals
September 2021
Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC)
This checklist can be used by professionals working on college campuses to identify areas of strength and areas of improvement in recognizing, preventing, and responding to stalking.
Looking for more stalking-related resources?
Looking for more stalking-related resources?
Check out last year’s compilation of resources: “Oh, yeah…and stalking. It’s time we paid more attention.”