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“Know it. Name it. Stop it.” Stalking Awareness Month in MT

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Monday, January 14, 2013   

MILES CITY, Mont. - January is Stalking Awareness Month in Montana, where a campaign is under way to "Know it. Name it. Stop it."

State law lists stalking as a crime, but Caroline Fleming, executive director of the Custer Network Against Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault, says it's not an easy one to identify or prosecute because it's a series of events that instill fear. Manifestations of stalking may include repeated phone calls or texts, vandalism, animal abuse, unwanted gifts, and "surprise" visits. She says education is important because stalking is a significant risk factor for future serious injury or death.

"There's just way too much of it going on, and a lot of times with domestic violence victims, their batterers stalk them after they get away."

Her organization has set up displays in schools, libraries and other public places to spread the word, and they're handing out bookmarks that describe stalking behavior.

Fleming says the crime has become more complicated because of technological advances in computers, spyware, GPS devices and hidden cameras.

"It's becoming so much easier to follow people's movements through lots of different technologies, and you know, they don't even maybe know that they're being watched."

The Stalking Resource Center reports that one in six women, and one in 19 men, have been stalking victims at some point in their lives, and that stalking is linked to missed work time, anxiety and depression in victims.

Stalking statistics are at StalkingAwarenessMonth.org.




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