Stalkers Plague 1 in 12 Women, U.S. Says

One in 12 American women is stalked at least once, and stalkers pursue or harass an estimated 1 million women every year, the Justice Department said in a report of survey results to Congress. The telephone survey contacted 8,000 women and 8,000 men. The study by the National Institute of Justice found “strong evidence of a link between stalking and domestic violence.” Of the female victims, 59% said their stalkers were either husbands, boyfriends or people they had lived with. Eighty percent of these women reported they were assaulted by the stalker, the study said.