Stalking on the College Campus: The Influence of Suitable Target and Guardianship Variables on Victimization Comparing Male and Female Students

Wood, McKenzie; Stichman, Amy J.

doi:10.1080/15564886.2017.1377656

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“…This suggests that target congruence can effectively identify factors that place individuals at risk for stalking victimization. Second, this study supports past research, concluding that lifestyleroutine activities theory is a useful perspective for understanding stalking against college students (Fisher et al, 2002;Mustaine & Tewksbury, 1999;Reyns et al, 2011;Reyns & Scherer, 2017;Wood & Stichman, 2018). We found significant results for two of the four concepts of lifestyle-routine activities theory: exposure to motivated offenders and proximity to motivated offenders.…”

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“…The results of these analyses showed that some of the opportunity-based measures of victimization were gender-dependent (e.g., using instant messaging), whereas others were gender-neutral (e.g., giving strangers access to online social networks). Finally, Wood and Stichman (2018) examined target suitability and guardianship as they relate to stalking victimization while accounting for gender among 873 college students at a single university. The authors found that only variables measuring target suitability (e.g., sexual history) were significant for both males and females.…”

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Stalking on Campus: A Gendered Perspective on Target Congruence and Opportunity

Elvey

Reyns

McNeeley

2018

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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This study examines target congruence and lifestyle-routine activity behaviors as explanations of stalking victimization among college students, while also considering gender as a moderator in these relationships. Analysis of a nationwide sample of more than 75,000 students from 129 universities across the United States suggests that indicators of target antagonism, target gratifiability, and target vulnerability significantly predict stalking victimization. Indicators of lifestyle-routine activities—in particular, proximity to motivated offenders, exposure to motivated offenders, and target attractiveness—are also significantly related to stalking victimization. In addition, the importance of specific risk factors vary by gender. The results highlight the importance of target congruence as an expansion of lifestyle-routine activities theory, which can help to direct policies and prevention measures in a meaningful and systematic way.

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Section: Discussion Discussion Of Findingssupporting

confidence: 88%

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confidence: 99%

Stalking on Campus: A Gendered Perspective on Target Congruence and Opportunity

Elvey

Reyns

McNeeley

2018

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…These findings somewhat mirrored those reported in Chan and Sheridan's [2] sample of Hong Kong young adults whereby males were significantly more likely than females to experience having the perpetrator contact their friends/family to learn about their whereabouts and make unsolicited phone calls to them at least once in their lifetime (i.e., courtship and information seeking). However, Wood and Stichman [29] found the opposite to be true where their US based female participants were more likely to experience surveillance and approach types of stalking and intrusive behaviors than were male participants. More cross-cultural empirical work is required to further examine the gender relationship in stalking victimization, especially if cultural norms and values play a vital role in these differences.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Differences have been found in the types of stalking behaviors engaged in by male and female stalkers. For example, Wood and Stichman [29] found that their sample of female university students were more likely than their male counterparts to report experience of the following stalking behaviors: being spied upon; receiving unsolicited phone calls and text messages; seeing the stalker lurking outside their home, school, or workplace; and seeing the stalker in places they should not be. Males were more likely to experience having the stalker vandalize their property or destroying something they loved.…”

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Stalking and Intrusive Behaviors in Ghana: Perceptions and Victimization Experiences

Chan

Sheridan

Adjorlolo

2020

IJERPH

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Most studies of stalking and other forms of intrusive behavior are conducted in the West. Little is known about the phenomenon in the African context. The present work represents the first dedicated stalking study conducted in Ghana. Based on a sample of 371 male and female university students, this study explored the gender distribution of overall perceptions and experiences, and frequency and duration of personal worst experiences of stalking and intrusive behavior. Several significant gender differences were noted. Females were generally more likely than males to perceive a range of intrusive activities as unacceptable. Females and males were equally likely to have experienced aggression and surveillance, and unwanted attention types of behaviors, while males were more likely than females to have experienced persistent courtship and impositions, and courtship and information seeking types of behaviors. In respect of their worst experience of intrusive behavior, females were more likely to report unwanted communications, aggressive courtship, property damage, and harassment of third parties, whilst males were more likely to have been threatened with harm. More than half of our participants (55.5%) were judged to have been stalked. Given the devastating nature and impact of stalking victimization, the findings may provide impetus to increase awareness of stalking in Ghana and add urgency to calls for anti-stalking legislation.

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“…Indeed, previous studies find LGB individuals are at risk for victimization (Walters et al, 2013) and are more likely to be blamed for their assaults (White & Yamawaki, 2009). Lastly, sexual history may influence an individual’s perceived vulnerability (Wood & Stichman, 2018). Studies point to sexual history as a victimization risk factor (Fisher et al, 2002; Siddique, 2016).…”

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The Sexual Victimization of College Students: A Test of Routine Activity Theory

Hayes

O’Neal

Hernandez

2020

Crime & Delinquency

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This study examines the applicability of theoretically-relevant routine activity variables to understand the risk of sexual victimization among college students. Analyses assess if routine activity-related variables have similar explanatory power for rape and sexual assault. Indicators of “proximity to motivated offenders” and “exposure to crime” were associated with rape. Indicators related to “proximity to motivated offenders,” “exposure to crime,” and “target attractiveness” were associated with sexual assault. Indicators capturing “guardianship” were not associated with either rape or sexual assault. Theoretical implications and directions for future research are discussed. Specifically, it is possible to theory-test using campus climate survey instruments.

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Stalking on the College Campus: The Influence of Suitable Target and Guardianship Variables on Victimization Comparing Male and Female Students

Cited by 17 publications

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Stalking on Campus: A Gendered Perspective on Target Congruence and Opportunity

Stalking on Campus: A Gendered Perspective on Target Congruence and Opportunity

Stalking and Intrusive Behaviors in Ghana: Perceptions and Victimization Experiences

The Sexual Victimization of College Students: A Test of Routine Activity Theory

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