Welcome to the Protection Against Stalking Website
Protection against Stalking works jointly with relevant agencies to increase awareness of Stalking and Harassment to ensure victims receive all the protection and help they need to rebuild their lives and live free of fear.
OUR VISION
The vision of Protection Against Stalking is to change society’s perception of stalking, to improve the safety for all victims of stalking and harassment and for perpetrators to be held to account by the Criminal Justice System.
NEWS
Campaigners Welcome Independent Inquiry into Stalking Law Reform
Protection Against Stalking (PAS) and Napo the Probation and Family Court Trade Union welcome and fully endorse the publication of the report of the Independent Inquiry into Stalking Law Reform, which is being formally launched in the House of Lords on 7th February.
PAS and Napo acted as advisors to the inquiry which was established in June 2011 with all Party support. Central to the inquiry was evidence from victims who all felt badly let down by the criminal justice system.
Further information will be released here on 7th February
Justice at last for Claire as stalker is jailed for 2 years
“You have plagued her life and you have literally ruined it. You have mentally terrorised her over many, many years and her life will never be and can never be the same. Your actions have not just affected her - they have impacted on her family, her children and her friends, so widespread and calculating has your behaviour been”.
Judge Ian Darling
Follow this link to read the full story
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9045510/Stalker-who-Googled...
Claire Waxman to receive £3,500 in damages after the Crown Prosecution Service dropped a charge against her stalker
Here is a link to the judgement on Claire's case-
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/62967/stalking-victim-receives-compens...
You can now support us by following our updates on Twitter.
Victim's Voice on line survey
Protection Against Stalking are running the Victim's Voice on line survey for victim's of stalking. If you are or have been a victim we want to hear about your experiences of stalking and of the criminal justice system. Please play a part and forward this as appropriate to https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WK2TGVJ
Home Office Consultation on stalking
The government has launched a Consultation on Stalking asking for views on how they can protect victims of stalking more effectively. The consultation incorporates a number of issues, including current legislation, the effect of police information notices, search powers, the work of existing organisations and alternative measures to tackle stalking.
The consultation seeks the views of key partners and directly affected parties, including the police, practitioners, other government departments, organisations with a direct interest in preventing stalking and members of the general public.
Opening date: 14 Nov 2011 Closing date: 05 Feb 2011 Full story here.
Our parliamentary campaign is in the News
Follow the national newspapers for further details of our parliamentary campaign and the new Home Office Consultation on Stalking here:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/stalking--in-person-or-on...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/nov/13/stalking-not-taken-seriously?m...
Diana Lamplugh OBE
We are greatly saddened by the death of Diana Lamplugh OBE, aged 75. After the disappearance of her daughter Suzy in 1986, Diana and her husband, Paul, founded The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, a national charity for personal safety.
Paul Infield, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Suzy Lamplugh Trust, said that Diana was one of those people who contributed energy, focus and commitment to everything she did. With her husband, Paul, she was tireless in establishing the concept of and discipline for personal safety, a positive life skill for people of all ages and occupations.
A charismatic speaker and tireless campaigner, Diana led the Trust in successfully campaigning for changes in law and procedures regarding safer working practices; safe travel in minicabs; safer travel on trains and safer stations; safer car parks; the treatment and sentencing of sex offenders; helping vulnerable young people and victims of crime; protection from stalking and harassment, treatment of young offenders and many others.
The Stalking Law Reform Parliamentary Project 2011-2012
Napo (the Trade Union and Professional Association for Family Court and Probation Staff ) and PAS has established a unique backbenchers parliamentary inquiry into the case for stalking law reform and improvements to training and victim support. Follow our regular Stalking Law Reform Campaign bulletins here
New Funding for PAS
We are very grateful to The JRSST Charitable Trust for their generous support for our current Stalking Law Reform Parliamentary Campaign and our ‘Out of the Shadows’ Road Show programme.
PAS have running a survey aimed at bringing stalking victims ‘Out of the Shadows’ and find out about their experiences with the Criminal Justice System. All too often we hear from victims who have been let down and rendered vulnerable by the very system that should both support and protect them. Read more here
You can access your personal copy of the PAS ‘Look Forward - Not Behind’ information leaflet
Cyber Stalking
Dr Emma Short from the University of Bedfordshire is presently undertaking research into cyber-stalking, commissioned by Network for Surviving Stalking. More details here.
Officers urged to 'trust stalking victims'
Police officers are urged to 'trust stalking victims' and need to have a better understanding of the risks stalkers can pose to their victims, ACPO's lead for stalking and harassment has urged. For full story click here.
Harriet Cullis was a remarkable woman who played a major part in the creation of PAS in 2008 and was a strong influence over the direction our charity up to her untimely death. We offer our sincere condolences to her family and thank them for contributing so generously towards PAS in her memory.
Stalking Guidelines for Prosecutors
Protection Against Stalking welcomes and supports the launch and publication of The Stalking Guidelines for Prosecutors. (Read more)
The National Stalking Helpline enters its second year
The National Stalking Helpline, operated in collaboration with Protection Against Stalking, The Suzy Lamplugh Trust and Network for Surviving Stalking, celebrated its first birthday in the late spring. It has been an eventful first year, with the help line receiving nearly 1500 calls and emails from victims of stalking. Over 70% of callers knew their stalkers from previous intimate relationships, as work colleagues, acquaintances or neighbours. More than 70% of victims were women and nearly half of all victims had not reported their situation to the police. Phone calls, text messages and emails, with ‘following’ and the ‘harassment of friends’ by far the most numerous of incidents of stalking, with home or workplace incidents also rating highly.
The helpline enables victims and their families to speak in confidence about their experiences and seek professional help. The National Stalking Helpline is open during weekdays between 0930 - 1600hrs except for Wednesday, when it will operate between 1300 - 1600hrs. Call the National Stalking Helpline on 0808 802 0300 or e-mail advice@stalkinghelpline.org
FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE