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Stalking Prevalence Among College Students: A Test of Routine Activities Theory

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Stalking is a behavior that has been around for hundreds of years, but only in the last 15 years has it been made a crime in the United States. As a result of being stalked, the victim can suffer both physically and psychologically. Within this paper, the author seeks to determine what the prevalence rates for stalking are on a college campus. Unlike past studies which only examined prevalence rates for female students, this study will look at both male and female students. This study seeks to examine the rates of stalking prevalence and whether there is a relationship between these rates and Routine Activities variables. In addition, the author hypothesizes that perhaps Routine Activities theory can be used to explain why there are variations in the prevalence rates of stalking for males and females. A web-based survey instrument was developed and administered to 445 college students to test these hypotheses. While there was some support found for the idea that Routine Activities variables are related to stalking prevalence rates, there was little support found for the idea that Routine Activities variables account for the differences in prevalence rates between the sexes.
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Allen, Meagan. "Stalking Prevalence Among College Students: A Test of Routine Activities Theory" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, Nov 01, 2006 <Not Available>. 2008-10-09 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p127337_index.html>

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Allen, M. E. , 2006-11-01 "Stalking Prevalence Among College Students: A Test of Routine Activities Theory" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC), Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA <Not Available>. 2008-10-09 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p127337_index.html

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Abstract: Stalking is a behavior that has been around for hundreds of years, but only in the last 15 years has it been made a crime in the United States. As a result of being stalked, the victim can suffer both physically and psychologically. Within this paper, the author seeks to determine what the prevalence rates for stalking are on a college campus. Unlike past studies which only examined prevalence rates for female students, this study will look at both male and female students. This study seeks to examine the rates of stalking prevalence and whether there is a relationship between these rates and Routine Activities variables. In addition, the author hypothesizes that perhaps Routine Activities theory can be used to explain why there are variations in the prevalence rates of stalking for males and females. A web-based survey instrument was developed and administered to 445 college students to test these hypotheses. While there was some support found for the idea that Routine Activities variables are related to stalking prevalence rates, there was little support found for the idea that Routine Activities variables account for the differences in prevalence rates between the sexes.

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