[citw150] CITW150 L3 Q5
- From: taufiqul islam <taufiqul_islam2005@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: citw150 <citw150@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
The US department of justice defined cyberstalking as ?to the use of the
Internet, e-mail, or other electronic communications devices to stalk another
person. Stalking generally involves harassing or threatening behavior that an
individual engages in repeatedly, such as following a person, appearing at a
person's home or place of business, making harassing phone calls, leaving
written messages or objects, or vandalizing a person's property.?
Its getting a increasing concern for the internet users. Statistics shows that
In the United States
(http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/cyberstalking.htm)
one out of every 12 women (8.2 million) and one out of every 45 men (2
million) have been stalked at some time in their lives.
One percent of all women and 0.4 percent of all men were stalked during the
preceding 12 months.
Women are far more likely to be the victims of stalking than men - nearly
four out of five stalking victims are women. Men are far more likely to be
stalkers - 87 percent of the stalkers identified by victims in the survey were
men.
Women are twice as likely as men to be victims of stalking by strangers and
eight times as likely to be victims of stalking by intimates.
If you are cyberstlked you can contact any of these organization to get help
from:
CyberAngels: www.cyberangels.org.
GetNetWise: www.getnetwise.org.
International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists: www.iacis.com.
National Center for Victims of Crime: www.ncvc.org.
National Cybercrime Training Partnership: www.cybercrime.org.
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: www.privacyrights.org.
Search Group, Inc.: www.search.org.
Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA): www.haltabuse.org.
Taufiqul Islam
taufiqul_islam2005@xxxxxxxxx
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