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The International Association of Chiefs of Police Police Chief Magazine January 2009 issue features a story profiling the Philadelphia Police Departments efforts to address stalking A major national study on stalking, released on January 13, 2009, by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics BJS, serves as a wakeup call about a serious and often misunderstood crime, says the National Center for Victims of Crime, the nations leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims and founder of the Stalking Resource Center. Stalking Victimization in the United States, the largest collection of data on stalking prevalence and behavior to date, found that 3.4 million persons identified themselves as victims of stalking in a 12month period. This figure, which represents an increase of 2 million victims per year over the findings of a key 1998 study, suggests the urgent need for a more comprehensive response to the crime

 

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