Welcome to the Stalking Resource Center

The mission of the Stalking Resource Center is to enhance the ability of professionals, organizations, and systems to effectively respond to stalking.

For Practitioners

Information and resources for victim services providers, criminal justice professionals, and other community stakeholders

SRC Lists

SRC Lists are e-mail discussion lists hosted by the Stalking Resource Center. Separate Lists are available for:

  • Law Enforcement (including community corrections)
  • Prosecutors
  • Victim Service Providers (including community- and system-based advocates)

These closed, profession-specific lists will provide an opportunity to:

  • Share experiences, successes, and challenges in addressing stalking in communities across the United States;
  • Identify best practices when addressing stalking;
  • Solicit peer assistance with challenging stalking cases; and
  • Exchange information resources.

Click here for more information and to submit a request to join one of the SRC Lists.

SRC Lists Members Corner


Videos

  • Connecting the Dots: Recognizing and Responding to Stalking
    Roll Call/In-Service Training Video for Law Enforcement
    The Stalking Resource Center produced this video to enhance the ability of law enforcement first responders to recognize and effectively respond to stalking. The video is designed so that it can either be shown in its entirety or as individual chapters.
      - Download Discussion Guide
      - Watch entire video on YouTube
      - Download Entire Video

  • The Use of Technology to Stalk

    This 15-minute training video is designed to enhance awareness among professionals working with stalking victims of how stalkers use a vast array of technologies available today. This video is intended for use by those who work directly with victims and offenders, such as prosecution, law enforcement, and victim advocates, and is NOT meant as an awareness building tool, nor is it intended to be shown to the general public. 
      - Request access to the video

General Information & Resources

Training
 The Stalking Resource Center provides training that is victim-centered, research informed, and practice based. Stalking Resource Center staff are available to participate in training events sponsored by practitioners on the local, state, and national level. Click here for more information about our training activities and to learn about upcoming events.

Awareness Materials

The Use of Technology to Stalk
Stalkers often use technology to assist them in stalking their victims. Click here for information about how different technologies can be used to stalk, measures victims can take to keep safe, laws and legal considerations, and resources.

Stalking Response Tips

Developed in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice, this series presents advocates, criminal justice professionals, and victims with specific tips and information on responding to stalking.

Practitioner Perspectives
The Practitioner Perspectives series highlights promising responses to stalking across the United States.

  • Monique DiCarlo, University of Iowa
  • Nancy Halverson, Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation.
  • Jennifer Landhuis, The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence
  • Wendy Cohen and Cindy Hora, Illinois Attorney General's Office
  • Teri Faragher, OutrageUs
  • Anna Marcy, Bryan County, Oklahoma Coordinated Community Response Team
  • Deirdri Fishel, Detective, State College Police Department, Victim Centered Intensive Case Management Unit
  • Rachel Solov, Deputy District Attorney, San Diego County District Attorney's Office, Sex Crimes and Stalking Unit
  • Deirdre Keys, Stalking Program Coordinator of the Battered Woman's Legal Advocacy Project.

Other Resources

Resources for Victim Services Providers

  • How to Start and Facilitate a Support Group for Victims of Stalking

    This booklet is a guide for victim service providers, volunteers, and other concerned community members on how to initiate and run a stalking support group in their agency or community. The guide includes information about designing a support group for stalking victims, recommendations for group membership, tips for facilitators, a sample curriculum, and much more.

  • Stalking Incident and Behavior Log (PDF | Word)
    Victims are encouraged to keep a log of all stalking behaviors including e-mails and phone messages. The log, as well as any gifts or letters the stalker sends the victim, can be collected and used as evidence. The evidence will help prove what has been going on if the victim decides to report the stalking to the police or apply for a protective order.

  • Stalking Safety Plan Guidelines
    A safety plan is a combination of suggestions, plans, and responses created to help victims reduce their risk of harm. It is a tool designed in response to the victim's specific situation that evaluates what the victim is currently experiencing, incorporates the pattern of previous behavior, and examines options that will positively impact the victim's safety.
  • Address Confidentiality Programs
    Address Confidentiality Programs were created to protect victims of stalking, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes from offenders who use public records, such as voter or drivers' license registries, to locate them. 

  • Stalking: A Handbook for Victims by Emily Spence-Diehl
    This handbook provides stalking victims with the resources, choice options, safety tips, and stalker information designed to assist victims in regaining control over their lives. Also discussed are the building of criminal and civil cases against the stalker, the use of restraining orders, and victims' rights.

  • Campus Sentinel: a free guide to Campus Safety and Security
    This free mobile app provides research and compares crime data for over 4,400 schools; allows access to relevant safety resources; gives plans for a safe spring break and travel abroad experience; and sends breaking campus safety and security-related news

Resources for Criminal Justice Professionals

Other Resources