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National Review of Stalking Laws and Implementation Practices in the United States, 1998-2001 (ICPSR 3411) Principal Investigator(s):
Miller, Neal, Institute for Law and Justice
This study was designed to clarify the status of stalking
laws and their implementation needs. To accomplish this, the principal
investigator conducted a survey of police and prosecutor agencies
across the country to determine how stalking laws were being
implemented. While there had been significant federal support for
state and local agencies to adopt anti-stalking laws and implement
anti-stalking initiatives, no comprehensive review of the status of
such efforts had been done. Thus, th... (more info)
such efforts had been done. Thus, there had been no way of knowing
what additional measures might be needed to enhance local
anti-stalking efforts. Two national surveys on stalking were
conducted. The first survey of 204 law enforcement agencies (Part 1,
Initial Law Enforcement Survey Data) and 222 prosecution offices (Part
3, Initial Prosecutor Survey Data) in jurisdictions with populations
over 250,000 was conducted by mail in November of 1998. The survey
briefly asked what special efforts the agencies had undertaken against
stalking, including special units, training, or written policies and
procedures. A replication of the first national survey was conducted
in November of 2000. Part 2, Follow-Up Law Enforcement Survey Data,
contains the follow-up data for law enforcement agencies and Part 4,
Follow-Up Prosecutor Survey Data, contains the second survey data for
prosecutors. Parts 1 to 4 include variables about the unit that
handled stalking cases, types of stalking training provided, written
policies on stalking cases, and whether statistics were collected on
stalking and harassment. Parts 2 and 4 also include variables about
the type of funding received by agencies. Part 4 also contains
variables about other charges that might be filed in stalking cases,
such as harassment, threats, criminal trespass, and protection order
DS1: Initial Law Enforcement Survey Data
DS2: Follow-up Law Enforcement Survey Data
DS3: Initial Prosecutor Survey Data
DS4: Follow-up Prosecutor Survey Data
Persistent URL: http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03411.v1
Unit of Observation: Parts 1 and 2: Law enforcement agencies. Parts 3
and 4: Prosecutors.
Universe: All law enforcement agencies and prosecutors in
jurisdictions with more than 250,000 people.
Study Purpose: Stalking has gained considerable attention from
the mass media. However, notwithstanding a sizable literature about
stalking as a legal construct and as a medical issue, systematic
information about this crime and what has been done about it was
largely missing. Most significantly, a policy analysis of what needed
to be done to improve anti-stalking investigation, prosecution, and
provision of services to stalking victims was totally absent. This
study of the status of stalking laws and their implementation in the
United States was conducted to fill this knowledge gap. The premises
for this research are that stalking is a serious crime against persons
and that it is widely prevalent. While there had been significant
federal support for state and local agencies to adopt anti-stalking
laws and implement anti-stalking initiatives, no comprehensive review
of the status of such efforts had been done. Thus, there had been no
way of knowing what additional measures might be needed to enhance
local anti-stalking efforts. This study was designed to clarify the
status of stalking laws and their implementation needs. To accomplish
this goal, the principal investigator conducted a survey of police and
prosecutor agencies across the country to determine how stalking laws
Study Design: Two national surveys on stalking were
procedures. Mail reminders were sent to nonrespondent agencies six
weeks after the initial mailing. A replication of the first national
survey was conducted in November of 2000. Part 2, Followg-Up Law
Enforcement Survey Data, contains the follow-up data for law
enforcement agencies and Part 4, Follow-Up Prosecutor Survey Data,
contains the second survey data for prosecutors. The survey mailing
was identical to that conducted in 1998 except that the municipal
prosecutor agencies that had reported no responsibility for handling
stalking cases were dropped from the survey. Telephone follow-ups were
conducted for nonrespondents in March of 2001.
Description of Variables: Parts 1-4 include variables about the unit that
Response Rates: For Parts 1 and 3, the surveys had about a 60-
percent response rate to the first mailing. A second mailing was sent
out to the nonrespondents, resulting in a final response rate of over
80 percent. For Parts 2 and 4, the combined response rate was 82
Stalking Laws and Implementation Practices: A National Review for Policymakers and Practitioners, Final Report. NCJ 197066, Alexandria, VA: Institute for Law and Justice [producer], United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice [distributor].