* Homicide is now the second cause of workplace deaths.
* Over 1000 people are murdered at work each year.
* 42% of on-the-job fatalities among women are homicides.
* The number of employees who murder their supervisors has doubled in the last ten years.
* In 2001 nearly twice as many employees were killed at the workplace by a friend, relative or co-worker than Police Officers were killed in the line of duty.
* Employers who conduct effective background checks on prospective employees can often improve productivity and reduce the number of  personnel prone to exhibiting violent behavior.
* Workplace violence policies and procedures can help reduce the risk of  staggering legal liability.

*  Corporate losses from embezzlement exceeded $5.5 billion in 2001.
*  Your company is 10 times more likely to experience losses from employees then from outside theft.
*  Employee theft accounts for over 50% of all retail losses.
*  Employees facing financial difficulty are 10 times more likely to be involved in internal theft.
*  Over 70% of inventory shrinkage is due to internal theft.
*  Employers can be held liable for negligent hiring practices.

*  1,006,970 women and 370,990 men are stalked annually in the U.S.
*  1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men will be stalked in their lifetime.

California State Law
Stalking is defined by the California Penal Code Section 646.9, which provides that "any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family" is guilty of the crime of stalking. See other state statutes.

Federal Law
Stalking as defined in the United States Code Sec. 2261A. Interstate Stalking Punishment and Prevention Act, provides whoever travels across a state line or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to injure or harass another person, and in the course of, or as a result of, such travel places that person in reasonable fear of the death of, or serious bodily injury to, that person or a member of that person or a member of that person's immediate family is guilty of the crime of stalking.

Characteristics of Stalking
More simply put, probably the best term to define stalking is unwanted pursuit. The act of stalking can occur between strangers, intimates, co-workers and includes many different behaviors, but all share two common features; they involve actions not wanted by the victim and they threaten or cause fear to the victim.

*  According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in 2001, over 1,300 murders were committed by a spouse or intimate partners. These numbers equate to nearly four murders a day.
*  More women are injured by their partners than by rape, auto accidents and
muggings combined!
*  The U.S. Department of Justice estimate that intimate partners - husbands, ex-husbands, and current and former boyfriends - commit violent crimes against approximately 937,000 women every year.
*  Over 25% of women have been victims of violence perpetrated by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
*  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, homicide is the leading cause of  death for women on the job, and 20% of those murders were at the hands of their partners.