title: Stalking Victimization, Labeling, and Reporting: Findings From the NCVS Stalking Victimization Supplement.
abstract: Using the National Crime Victimization Survey 2006 Stalking Victimization Supplement (NCVS-SVS) and guided by Greenberg and Ruback's social influence model, this study examines the effects of individual (e.g., severity, sex, victim-offender relationship) and contextual (e.g., location) factors on stalking victimization risk, victim labeling and help seeking, and victim and third-party police contacts. Logistic regression results suggest individual and contextual characteristics matter. Consistent with prior research and the theoretical model, the positive effects of severity and sex (female) were significant across all dependent variables, whereas the interaction effect of victim-offender relationship and location held only for third-party police contacts.
authors.affiliation: Penn State Altoona, PA, USA kmm157@psu.edu.
authors.forename: Kim S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Ménard
authors.affiliation: Penn State Altoona, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Cox
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058445:Bullying / Q000502:physiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000066511:Intimate Partner Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D016495:Police; D012747:Sexual Partners / Q000523:psychology*; D012926:Social Control, Formal / Q000379:methods*; D055807:Stalking / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States
keywords: labeling; reporting to police; stalking