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Canadian Clearinghouse on Cyberstalking
In Canada, cyberstalking is defined as a pattern of harassment by electronic means which causes a person to have a reasonable fear for their life or safety of person. As the use of the Internet for everyday communications and social networking has increased, so too have the incidents of criminal harassment through the Internet.
The purpose of the Canadian Clearinghouse on Cyberstalking is to provide a central information resource of publicly available information on the topic for Canadians who experience online harassment, and for the international professional community.
Our site includes the:
- Research Centre, with a searchable research articles database and a links directory, both organized by topical keywords
- Fact Sheets section, with basic information on the crime of cyberstalking and criminal harassment in Canada, on how to recognize it, and how to help when someone you know is experiencing electronic harassment or is going through the criminal justice system
- Need Help? area, where those being harassed online can look for information on this crime, and view steps they can take to stop harassment before it reaches the point of becoming criminal cyberstalking. Once the offender reaches the point of causing a reasonable person to fear for their life or safety, the crime needs to be reported to police. By arming victims with an understanding of what criminal cyberstalking is, how it is defined, how police and the courts view it, we hope to encourage more victims of this crime to report the offender
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Latest update: May 7, 2013
