1.0Center for Changing Our Campus Culturehttps://changingourcampus.orgcenter4cocchttps://changingourcampus.org/author/center4cocc/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://changingourcampus.org/national-stalking-awareness-month/">National Stalking Awareness Month</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://changingourcampus.org/national-stalking-awareness-month/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“National Stalking Awareness Month” — Center for Changing Our Campus Culture" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Course of conduct. Reasonable person. Level of fear. Those are the core elements of a widely accepted working definition of stalking—and the definition that is recommended in the Stalking Resource Center’s Model Campus Stalking Policy: stalking is a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.  These elements also demonstrate why representation and cultural sensitivity are so important when drafting campus stalking policies and supporting stalking victims. Taking conduct seriously (no matter how it subjectively feels or sounds) and respecting students (and faculty) who may genuinely feel fear are the only ways to establish an effective and responsive stalking prevention effort. The efficacy of the program is critical because one in six women and one in 17 men have experienced stalking, and less than 40 percent of stalking victims have filed a report with law enforcement, which may be related to another fear: the fear of not being taken seriously. As the Stalking Resource Center notes in its model policy guide, an effective strategy to respond to stalking starts with policy.  A policy demonstrates institutional commitment to the issue and serves as an authoritative mechanism to inform the campus community [...]Continue Reading