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stalking laws  

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  • Stalking legislation in the United States has significantly evolved since the first criminal statutes were passed in the early 1990s. As lawmakers across the country began to write legislation, they struggled to define and address adequately the complicated, often-evolving crime of stalking. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Stalking Laws]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-H6T0M1GK-K

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