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Connecting the Dots: The Challenges of Identifying and Responding to Stalking

Paul Schnell, Chief of Police, Maplewood Police Department, Maplewood, Minnesota Michelle M. Garcia, Director, Stalking Resource Center, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, D.C.

Stalking is a pervasive, dangerous, and—far too often—lethal crime. It is a crime that occurs at dramatically high rates; in a one-year period, 6.6 million individuals were stalked in the United States, and 1 in 6 women and 1 in 19 men are stalked in their lifetimes.1 Stalking often co-occurs with other crimes such as … Continue reading Connecting the Dots: The Challenges of Identifying and Responding to Stalking

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