Survey of stalking at WPI.
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the amount of stalking taking place on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) campus in which computers play such a huge role in the lives of the students. Our results were then compared with those reported in a stalking study done at West Virginia University (WVU). Surprisingly (to us), a smaller percentage of both females and males were stalked at WPI. The use of the Internet did not play a major role in stalking as we had expected. Results reported in a TV news report and a newspaper article indicate, however, that much less stalking occurs among the general population than does at WVU and WPI.
LeBlanc
J J
JJ
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA.
Levesque
G J
GJ
Richardson
J B
JB
Berka
L H
LH
D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D020407:Internet; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D013334:Students