Stalking and Harassment Resources

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Australia

Australian Anti-Stalking and threat Website: An excellent introduction to the topic, plus a large amount of background information for educational purposes, and links to online and real-world resources .

United Kingdom

Harassment Law UK: This site provides practical information and relevant web links for anyone who is the victim of harassment or who has been wrongly accused of harassment in the UK.

Protection from Harassment Act 1997: A detailed copy of this United Kingdom Legislation Act.

United States

Antistalking Web Site: This site includes information on how to know if you're being stalked, what to do, education events, a bibliography of research materials and a list of on and offline organizations or services you can contact for help.

Are You Being Stalked? - Tips for Protection: Good suggestions and information for those being stalked either on or offline.

End Stalking In America: Their site seeks to help educate the general public, to be of assistance to all potential victims of stalking, and to assist those victims who are currently being harassed and stalked.  It includes information and background on stalking, how it affects victims, information on how to report stalking as well as psychological and behavioural information.

National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking Resource Center: The center's primary purpose is to provide resources, training and technical assistance to victim service providers and criminal justice professionals in an effort to promote a shared, national understanding of stalking and to support locally coordinated, multidisciplinary anti-stalking approaches and responses.

Stalking Behavior:  This site describes the basic nature of stalkers, why they do what they do, as well as suggesting plans of action for the person being stalked.

The Stalking Victim's Resource Page: An excellent site giving information on what stalking is and how to deal with it, it also has an on-line support chat group, suggestions on how to deal with stress, a list of telephone numbers to help a person find a local support group and a short listing of links on the topic.

Working to Halt Online Abuse (W.H.O.A.): The mission of W.H.O.A. is to educate the Internet community about online harassment, empower victims of harassment, and formulate voluntary policies that systems can adopt in order to create harassment-free environments.  Included on the site is a list of stalking laws for most US states and the United Kingdom.