Cyberstalking Growing at Faster Rate than Other Forms of Stalking - Scientific Inquirer

Cyberstalking growing at faster rate than other forms of stalking - Scientific Inquirer

Cyberstalking is increasing at a faster rate than traditional stalking and is disproportionately affecting young people, women, and members of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community, according to a new study led by researchers from UCL. The study, published in the British Journal of Criminology, is the first to use nationally representative data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) to examine the prevalence and perception of cyber…

Cyberstalking growing at faster rate than other forms of stalking; women and LGB individuals disproportionately affected

Cyberstalking is increasing at a faster rate than traditional stalking and is disproportionately affecting young people, women, and members of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community. This is according to a study – “Online and Offline Stalking Victimisation in the Crime Survey for England and Wales: Its Predictors and Victim/Survivors’ Views on Criminalisation” by Madeleine Janickyj, Niels Blom and Leonie Maria Tanczer – that was published in th…