Stalking Resources

Communities Against Violence Network
An international network of antiviolence experts and advocates that serves as a source of discussion, information, and support for both the experts/advocates and the victims.

Criminals Behind Bars
A support-based web site for victims of prisoners who continue to harass, stalk, or otherwise terrorize from behind bars. Information on stalking resources, stalking and the law, and frequently asked questions about stalking.

National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
The NCVC is the nation’s leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims. The mission of the NCVC is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. In July 200, the NCVC launched the Stalking Resource Center (SRC). The SRCs mission is raise national awareness of stalking and to encourage the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country. The SRC also has a toll-free victim’s assistance help line (1.800.FYI.CALL)

National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH)
The NDVH serves as the only center in the nation that provides information regarding 5000 local and nationwide shelters and service providers available for victims, friends and family who often call for life saving help. The Hotline (1-800-799-7233) operates 24 hours a day in more than 140 languages with a TTY line (1-800-787-3224) available for the deaf.

National Organization for Victim Assistance
The National Organization for Victim Assistance is an organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services. Information and referrals for victims of crime and disaster can be obtained 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling 1-800-TRY-NOVA.

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
The OVC was established by the 1984 Victims Crime Act (VOCA) to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime. OVC is committed to enhancing the nation’s capacity to assist crime victims and to provide leadership in changing attitudes, policies, and practices to promote justice and healing for all victims of crime. The web site includes information on research and statistics, grant programs, and other resources.

Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)
The mission of the OVW is to provide leadership and the strengthen services for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The web site contains resources and links to publications, events and meetings, and OVW grant opportunities.

San Diego County Stalking Strike Force
The San Diego District Attorney’s Office established the Strike Force in 1994. The web site includes security tips to victims, information on cyber stalking, and link to other local and national resources.

Stalking Behavior
This site provides information on stalking behaviors, definitions, resources, and links.

The Stalking Victims Sanctuary
The Stalking Victims Sanctuary is a single point of contact for professional services, organizations, and individuals worldwide.

Victim Assistance Online
Victim Assistance Online is an information, research, and networking resource for victim assistance specialists, professionals in related disciplines, and all interested in the field of victimology (the study of the roles played by victims in crimes against them).

WiredPatrol
A division of WiredSafety, a worldwide Internet safety, help, and education organization. Cyberstalking and harassment: e-mail counseling for victims of stalking and harassment; includes frequently asked questions, self-help guide, and information about cyberstalking laws, among other topics.

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United States

American Self-Help Clearinghouse
(201) 625-7101
Provides national listings and directories to help with finding or forming a support group in your area.

Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET) www.cavnet.org

Legal Help USA www.legal-help-usa.org

National Criminal Justice Reference Service www.ncjrs.org
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
(800) 851-3420
Sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Victims and others an order papers reporting various studies done under grants by the Institute on stalking, violence and domestic abuse.

National Domestic Violence Hotline
3616 Far West Blvd., Suite 101-297
Austin, TX 87831
(800) 799-7233
A free, 24-hour hotline that provides victims with referrals to agencies in their own areas.

National Self-Help Clearinghouse
(212) 642-2944
Provides national listings and directories to help with finding or forming a support group in your area.

National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA)
1757 Park Rd., NW
Washington, DC 20010
(800) 879-6682 or (202) 232-6682
A free, 24-hour hotline that provides information and referral for victims to resources in their own states.

National Center for Victims of Crime
2000 M Street, NW
Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036.
General phone number is: 202-467-8700.
NCVC is home to the Stalking Resource Center, a project funded by the Department of Justice (VAWO). You can get more info about the Stalking Resource Center (SRC) on their website: www.ncvc.org. The link directly to the SRC is: http://www.ncvc.org/src/index.html.
In addition, through the Victim Helpline (800) FYI-CALL, TTY (800)211-7996, website (www.ncvc.org) or email (gethelp@ncvc.org ), victims and others may obtain information and referral on victim and crime-related issues. Open M-F: 8:30 - 8:30 EST.

The San Diego County Stalking Strike Force
(619) 515-8900
Provides assistance to San Diego stalking victims.

www.stalkingassistance.com - The Stalking Assistance Site is a comprehensive, practical resource designed by women with over 20 years of combined experience in federal law enforcement and threat management. Step-by step detailed instruction is provided in a variety of relevant areas. Professional consulting services are donated at a reduced rate by a highly experienced threat assessment and management consultant and a 900 telephone number is additionally offered as another option for immediate support.

Survivors of Stalking (SOS)
P.O. Box 20762
Tampa, FL 33622
www.soshelp.org
Provides workshops on stalking. Victims and others can also order cassettes of these workshops that include information on stalking, laws, threat assessment, safety, and workplace violence. Keeps list of support groups for victims in various states and provides information, support, and referral for victims who call.

The Stalking Victims Sanctuary
www.stalkingvictims.com

Tricounty advocacy center in Rensselaer County New York; Victim Advocacy Program of the Capital District, 5 Broadway, Suite 201, Troy, NY 12180, E-mail: VACCD@aol.com

Victim-Assistance Online
http://www.vaonline.org

DOJ First Annual Stalking Report to Congress (1996)
       http://ncjrs.org/txtfiles/stlkbook.txt

DOJ Second Annual Stalking Report to Congress (1997)
      http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ocpa/94Guides/DomViol

Model Antistalking Code
      http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawgo/reports.htm

Bureau of Justice Assistance Seminar on Stalking Law Implementation
     http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ocpa/94Guides/DomViol/appendb.htm

National Victim Center stalking law fact sheets
    http://aspensys.aspensys.com:209/R0-185754-range/ncjrs/data/anticode.txt
    and http://www.nvc.org/ddir/info71.htm

Stalking FAQ
   http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/stalker.htm

National Victim Center help guide for stalking victims
    http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/assist/nvaa/ch21-2st.htm

National Victim Center safety tips
    http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/help/stalk/info44.htm

Wired patrol   http://www.wiredpatrol.org

Portland (OR) stalking information
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/dcfs/dv/dvman/stalking.html

"The Message Relay Center" acts as a mediator between > parents when communication is either undesired or too dangerous to be > conducted. This is especially true where domestic violence or stalking is > involved. We can assist you in these type of situations to prevent the > aggressor in these situations from harming the other parties. Please feel > free to contact me MessageRelayCenter@msn.com

www.stopdv.com Provides information on domestic violence, stalking and stalking laws.

http://www.delphi.com/crimesurvivors/

Cyberstalking: A New Challenge For Law Enforcement and Industry: A Report from the Attorney General to the Vice President http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm

Privacy Rights Clearing House http://www.privacyrights.org

www.stalkingbehavior.com

The Epidemic of Cyberstalking
As technology advances, so does its seedy underbelly. Cyberstalkers have terrorized thousands, but law enforcement often is unable or unwilling to deal with it. Congress is studying a bill to address the growing problem. By Katie Dean.

Cyberstalked? Use Common Sense
You wouldn't give a stranger on the street your name, address, phone number, or pictures of yourself. Internet safety advocates say you shouldn't do it online, either. By Katie Dean.

The Stalked Need a Safety Net
Jayne Hitchcock couldn't get the help she needed when she was cyberstalked four years ago. Now she's helping others -- by training law enforcement. By Katie Dean.

Not Victims http://www.smalltime.com/notvictims/

Helpful guide for stalking victims http://www.nvc.org/ddir/info44.htm

Stalking: Questions and answers http://www.nvc.org/ddir/info43.htm

Are Being Stalked? Tips for your protection http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs14-stk.html

Canada

Barbara Schilfer Commemorative Clinic
489 College Street, Suite 503
Toronto, Ontario M6G 1A5
(416) 323-9149
Provides free legal, counseling, cultural interpretation, and information and referral services to women who are survivors of violence.

Canadian Resource Center for Victims of Crime
141 Catherine Street, Suite 100
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1C3
(613) 233-7614
Acts as a resource center for victims of crime and assists victims and their families in dealing with sentence administration, parole authorities, and securing legal counsel.

Victims for Justice
P.O. Box 22023
3079 Forestglade Drive
Windsor, Ontario N8R 2H5
(519) 972-0836
An organization that provides a research library of stalking incidents in Canada as well as handouts on "how to Survive a Stalker" and "How to Safeguard Yourself."

United Kingdom

Evonne von Heussen-Countryman, M.B.E
Director, N.A.S.H, U.K
P.O. Box 1309
Kenilworth
Warwickshire, CV8 2YJ
England, U.K.
Tel/Fax/ and (24hr voice mail): 011 44 1926 850089 or (01926 850089).
Mobile: 07944 244116.
Office hours: Tues to Thurs; 10:30am to 4:30pm.
Support line for distressed Victims only: Mondays 9:00am to 12:30pm and
Friday evenings 7:30pm to 10:00pm. We close on Bank Holidays, Statutory
holidays, and twice per year for a two-month periods to catch up with
backlog of work.

A site that deals with harassment law in the UK: www.harassment-law.co.uk

Allen law review article on United Kingdom stalking laws
http://www.uchastings.edu/womenslj/jordan.html and
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1996/issue4/allen4.html

Paper on the UK's Protection from Harassment Act, 1997 and its implementation and interpretation.
http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/2000/issue1/vonheussen1.html

The Suzy Lamplugh Trust
14 East Sheen Ave
London SW148AS, UK
tel. 0181 392 1839
www.suzylamplugh.org/advice/stalking.htm

In the Netherlands:

Stichting Anti-Stalking
(Anti-Stalking Foundation)
PO Box 11
9430 AA Westerbork
tel: +31 (0) 593-346476

My Sister Marquerite
http://marquerite_van_c.tripod.com
A tribute by the sister of a stalking victim who was stabbed and killed by her stalker.

Australia

Victoria
Victims Referral And Assistance Service
GPO Box 4356QQ
Melbourne Victoria 3001
tel (03) 9603 9797 or 1800 819 817

South Australia
Victim Support Service
11 Halifax Street
Adelaide South Austraila 5000
tel. (08) 8231 5626 or 1800 182 368

New South Wales
Victims of Crime Bureau
Level 6, 299 Elizabeth Street
Sydney New South Wales 2000
tel. (02) 9374 3000 or 1800 633 063

Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL)
tel. (02) 9743 1636 (Sydney)
tel. (02) 9426 5826 (Newcastle)

Western Australia
Assisting Victims of Crime
6th Floor, 81 St. George's Terrace
Perth, Western Australia 6000
tel. (09) 322 3711 or 1 800 818 988

Queensland
Victims of Crime Association
5 Croydon Road
Woodridge Queensland 4114
tel. (07) 3290 2513 (brisbane Office)
tel. 1300 73 3777 (24 hour victim support)

Tasmania
Victims of Crime Service
160 New Town Road
New Town Tasmania 7008
tel. (03) 6228 7628

Australian Capital Territory
Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL)
1 Iluka Street
Narrabundah ACT 2604
tel. (02) 6295 9600

Northern Territory
Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL)
43 Mitchell Street
Darwin NT 0800
tel. 1800 672 242 (24 hour)