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January is National Stalking Awareness Month (NSAM): Know it, Name it, Stop it! 13.5 million people are stalked year, individuals 18-24 years old experience the highest rates of stalking.听 Stalking is a violation of student conduct codes and Title IX, and is a crime under the laws of the 50 states, District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and Federal government.听

What is stalking?

While legal definitions of stalking vary from one jurisdiction to another, Title IX and the Clery Act have a good working definition:听 Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to (1) Fear for the person鈥檚 safety or the safety of others; or (2) Suffer substantial emotional distress. 43% of college stalking victims who meet the legal criteria of stalking do not identify their experience as stalking.听 The vast majority of stalkers know their victims, they are usually intimate partners, friends, or acquaintances.

Stalking behavior can take many forms including:

• Unwanted contact
• Threatening
• Spreading rumors
• Following/spying
• Showing up places
• Waiting for the victim
• Sending unwanted gifts or letters
• Damaging your property

If what鈥檚 happening is scary, distressing, not the first incident, and targets the same person, it could be stalking.

If you believe you have been a victim of domestic violence, dating violence and/or stalking contact 午夜影院 Security and your Title IX Coordinator.听 If you have an emergency situation, call 午夜影院 Security's emergency line at 505-224-3001, for non-emergencies, call 午夜影院 Security at 505-224-3002.听

Title IX Coordinators: Students: Chris Cavazos, Dean of Students [email protected], 505-224-4000 x51240.听 Employees: Juliane Ziter, Senior Project Consultant, General Counsel Division [email protected], 505-224-4000 x51294.

Here are some valuable resources that can help those in need and help bring more awareness for all.

• Stalking, Prevention, Awareness and Resource Center (SPARC),
• Victim Connect , 855-4-VICTIM (855-484-2846)
• National Sexual Assault Hotline , 800.656.HOPE (4673)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline , 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
• NMLA Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Legal Helpline, (505) 243-7871 or 1鈥�877鈥�974鈥�3400听
• /cnm-community/domestic-violence