An Exploration of Victim-Initiated Interventions and the Duration of Stalking

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dc.contributor.advisorDugan, Lauraen_US
dc.contributor.authorAcevedo, Summer Anneen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-02-01T20:24:18Z
dc.date.available2007-02-01T20:24:18Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-11en_US
dc.description.abstractThe concept of duration has been relatively unexplored in the stalking literature. This study examines the relationship between several victim-initiated interventions and the duration of stalking. The objective was to determine which, if any, interventions used by victims against their stalkers led to a decrease in the length of time they were stalked. Continuous survival analysis was used on a voluntary sample of victims that reported duration of their stalking in monthly intervals. Only a single intervention was associated with a significant reduction in the length of stalking cases. Duration was then recoded into years and compared to data from a national, random sample to determine if similar results occurred in a more generalizable sample. Discrete survival analysis produced inconsistent results between the two samples. These findings demonstrate the need for an updated national survey of stalking victims, as well as caution researchers against relying on small, geographically unique samples.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/4243
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Public and Social Welfareen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Criminology and Penologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledstalkingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddurationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsurvivalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledvictimologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinterventionsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhazarden_US
dc.titleAn Exploration of Victim-Initiated Interventions and the Duration of Stalkingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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