In other news, our co-founder and research partner, TK Logan, has been developing an online assessment tool to identify coercive control and abuse in relationships that may not include physical violence. The absence of physical violence is often very confusing for victims of coercive control who feel emotionally and psychologically battered and sometimes stalked, but do not consider themselves victims of abuse. After the assessment is piloted and finalized, it promises to help people recognize coercive control, the harms it can cause and the risk it may portend, and steps they can take to enhance their safety and get help. It will be available on Dr. Logan’s website, www.coercivecontrol.org, with a link on this website.
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SHARP Narratives Convey the Big Picture of Victims’ Experience of Stalking
The Stalking and Harassment Assessment and Risk Profile, a research informed tool for increasing awareness of stalking, can be used by victims or others on behalf of the victim.
STALKING: Connecting the Dots!
Fact sheets to help law enforcement, advocates, judges, mental health professionals, probation and parole officers, friends, family, victims and survivors understand stalking and what they can do about it!
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STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Advocates)
STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Judges)
STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Law Enforcement)
STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Victims)
STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Friends)
STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Probation and Parole)
STALKING: Connecting the Dots! (For Mental Health Professionals)
Who Will Help Me? Domestic Violence Survivors Speak Out About Law Enforcement Responses
What is Stalking?
This powerful short film (3:25 min.) summarizes the intense, insidious and threatening nature of intimate partner stalking by showing keys words on the screen while real stalking survivors give voice to their experiences in the background. OutrageUs.org produced this training and awareness video in collaboration with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History (http://libraries.uky.edu/nunncenter). More videos on domestic violence, dating abuse, stalking and survivors can be found at https://www.outrageus.org.
Discussion Guides for Videos
OutrageUs has created several discussion guides that can be used to accompany our videos in support groups and educational forums. Click on the links below to download the free guides (PDF’s).
- Love Struck: Dating Abuse Up Close (17:28 minutes) (Discussion Guide – LoveStruck)
- The Impact of Partner Stalking (5:01 minutes) and Stalking Can Happen to Anyone (8:08 minutes) (Discussion Guide – Impact of Stalking & Stalking Can Happen to Anyone)
- Tools for Fighting Back (4:11 minutes) (Discussion Guide – Tools for Fighting Back)
UK Professor Helps Develop Online Assessment for Stalking Victims
From UK NOW
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 10, 2015) — TK Logan, professor in the University of Kentucky Department of Behavioral Science and the Center on Drug & Alcohol Research, and a team of researchers recently launched an online assessment for victims of stalking and harassment.
“Kentucky has the highest rate of stalking in the nation: one in four women in Kentucky will be stalked compared to one in six nationally,” Logan said. “To help address this issue, we have translated 20 years of research into a tool for use by a variety of audiences. We are proud that something like this came from research in Kentucky where we need to do something about the prevalent issue of stalking to protect victims, children, and communities.”
Partner Stalking Is…
Three survivors of stalking and the surviving sister of stalking victim Peggy Klinke describe the tactics used by stalkers to instill fear in their victims. OutrageUs.org produced this 5-minute training and awareness video in collaboration with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History (https://libraries.uky.edu/locations/special-collections-research-center/louie-b-nunn-center-oral-history).
The Stalking Project: Why this project?
This short film (8 min.) highlights the dangerousness of stalking and questions why stalking statutes are often not adequately enforced by the criminal justice system. It features a judge, a police officer and a stalking survivor, who emphasize that an ineffective response to stalking endangers victims and empowers stalkers. The video includes actual footage from court hearings. OutrageUs.org produced this training and awareness video in collaboration with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History (http://libraries.uky.edu/nunncenter). More videos on domestic violence, dating abuse, stalking and survivors can be found at https://www.outrageus.org.
Stalking: Tools for Fighting Back
Three police officers and a victim advocate give a brief overview of how to build a stalking case in this short film. They discuss ideas for documenting stalking, collecting evidence and identifying witnesses. OutrageUs.org produced this 4-minute training and awareness video in collaboration with the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History (http://libraries.uky.edu/nunncenter). A discussion guide to accompany this training and awareness video, and more videos on domestic violence, dating abuse, stalking and survivors can be found here (Discussion Guide – Tools for Fighting Back).