ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 3

Survey of Stalking at WPI
Levesque, GJ
Students, Assistant vice president and Dean of Student Affairs, MA

Richardson, JB
Students, Assistant vice president and Dean of Student Affairs, MA

LeBlanc, JJ
Students, Assistant vice president and Dean of Student Affairs, MA

Berka, LH
Students, Assistant vice president and Dean of Student Affairs, MA

(Received 11 February 2000; accepted 14 April 2000)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to ascertain the amount of stalking taking place on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) campus in which computers play such a huge role in the lives of the students. Our results were then compared with those reported in a stalking study done at West Virginia University (WVU). Surprisingly (to us), a smaller percentage of both females and males were stalked at WPI. The use of the Internet did not play a major role in stalking as we had expected. Results reported in a TV news report and a newspaper article indicate, however, that much less stalking occurs among the general population than does at WVU and WPI.

Keywords:
forensic science, stalking, Internet

Paper ID: JFS14974J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS14974J
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