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More Information: Stalking generally refers to harassing or threatening behavior that an individual engages in repeatedly[1]. Stalking is a form of violence that may lead to physical injury or homicide and may have disabling social and psychological consequences. Stalking on college campuses can be easily ignored because of today's technology such as Facebook, MySpace, Google Earth, and various search engines. Stalking can be hard to recognize, define, and address. It can be identified as physical or mental harassment. Our target group is on men and women 18 to 24 years old on college campuses. Nationwide, 1006970 women and 370990 men are stalked annually [1]. 87% of stalkers are male[1]. Most stalkers know their victims (75% of whom are female); 60% are current or former intimate partners. Approximately 1 in 4 stalking victims reported some form of cyberstalking such as e-mail (83%) or instant messaging (35%) [2]. High rates of stalking among college students far exceed the prevalence rates found in the general population[3].The prevalence rate is 13% on college campus. Women are more likely to being stalked than men. 80.3% of college victims knew or had seen their stalker before[4]. Incidents lasted for an average duration of six to nine months[5]. Female American Indian/ Alaska Native women are more likely to be stalked than other ethnic backgrounds [1]. Stalking occurred most often in residences, library buildings, and near places of recreation on and off campus [6 ...