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3.4 Million Say They Were Stalking Victims

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime and Justice News, January 13, 2009. "An estimated 3.4 million Americans identified themselves as victims of stalking during a one-year span, says the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, which issued the largest-ever survey of the aggravating and often terrifying phenomenon, the Associated Press reports. About half of the victims experienced at least one unwanted contact per week from a stalker, and 11 percent had been stalked for five or more years. The study was described as a read more

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