STALKING AND
CYBERSTALKING:
When your life changes at some else's hands
What Would YOU Do If Someone
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Closed all your accounts
Stole all your money from your bank accounts
Had your medical insurance cancelled
Made false claims
Destroyed your credit rating
My Stalker Was Someone I Knew
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Passwords
 Important data
 Personal Information
 Family Information
Alexis Moore
One Woman’s Story
of
Survival
and
Advocacy
Founder and president of Survivors in Action, a national
advocacy group that provides individual assistance to victims of
abuse, including victims who have experienced cyberstalking,
stalking and cyberbullying. As a expert, consultant, speaker,
advocate and author Moore travels extensively to educate and
empower the public. She provides expert testimony at Senate
and Assembly Public Safety Hearings and has contributed to
legislation around the globe. Through her program “High-Tech
Self Defense for the 21st Century," she teaches audiences
about high-tech crimes such as identity theft and cyberstalking
and how to protect yourself.
CYBERSTALKING
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Cyberstalking is a technologically-based
“attack” targeting a specific person to
attack for reasons of anger, revenge or
control.
Victims often feel harassed, embarrassed,
and humiliated.
Cyberstalking can involve the harassment
of family, friends, and employers while
using scare tactics to isolate victims.
STALKING
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Stalking is characterized by repeated
harassment or threatening behavior
toward an individual.
All of the following can be examples of
types of stalking:
 following a person
 appearing at a person's home or place of
business
 making harassing phone calls
 leaving written messages or objects
 vandalizing a person's property
Cyberstalking
Legislation
18 U.S.C. 875(c), it is a federal crime, punishable by up to five years
in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, to transmit any communication
in interstate or foreign commerce containing a threat to injure the
person of another.
47 U.S.C. § 223 : US Code - Section 223: Obscene or harassing
telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign
communications
Murphy Case
The first person charged with cyberstalking was Robert James
Murphy. He violated Title 47 of the U.S. Code 223 which
prohibits the use of telecommunications to annoy, abuse,
threaten or harass anyone. Murphy was sending obscene
messages and pictures to his ex-girlfriend for more than 4
years. The woman, Joelle Ligon, was deleting these e-mails at
first but then started collecting them as evidence. Murphy
pleaded guilty to two counts of cyberstalking.
Where College Meets
Cyberstalking:
How Cyberstalking Occurs on Campus
and elsewhere
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Easy access to technology
 Today’s students are more tech savvy
 Smart phones, Tablets, WI-FI, Dorm Rooms, etc.
offer opportunity for privacy to stalk
 Variety of types of technology available
TMI
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Avoid oversharing of your personal information
 Providing too much information only aids
cyberstalkers and puts YOU at risk
Stop to Think
Before You Send
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Did You Know?
 Once you place something on the internet,
it’s out there forever
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NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE #
CREDIT CARD #
SOCIAL SECURITY #
PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL IDEAS
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THE “3 STRIKE” RULE
When you or someone you love
experience
3 or more instances of
unwanted, intimidating,
threatening,
or
annoying
behavior from the same
individual, it’s time to reach out
for help
What You Need To Know
Stalking and cyberstalking require a
repeated course of conduct, amongst
other elements, in order to be
classified as stalking or
cyberstalking…
OBTAINING A
RESTRAINING ORDER OR
ORDER FOR PROTECTION
Who can become a victim of a
stalker?
Stalking Motive
What motivates a stalker?
Obsession?
Stress?
Competition?
Power and Control?
Anxiety?
Hatred?
Effects of Stalking
 Fear - worry - stress
 Inability to concentrate
 Increased use of alcohol and other drugs
 Difficulty with job, school work, sports, social activities
 Dropping out of school and life
 Loss of income
 Loss of jobs and internships
 Loss or conflict with relationships
WHAT DO I DO IF SOMEONE IS
STALKING ME?
Document
the contacts
Dates, Times, Places, What is said, What is done, Names and addresses of
witnesses
Change
your passwords, Identification, Phone Numbers, Locks, ETC.
Reduce
contact with stalker by cutting off their access: stricter security on Facebook and
other social networking sites and don’t respond to emails
Alter
your routine
Contact
Tell
law enforcement every time the stalker makes contact with you
family and friends where you are going
Don’t
accept blame for the stalker’s behavior
Trust
your instincts
RESOURCE LIST
RESOURCES DON’T
EXIST
IN THE U.S.