It Shouldn't Take a Bullet to the Head for the Criminal Justice System to Take Stalking Seriously

By Nikki Goeser

This month is the 18th Annual National Stalking Awareness Month. Nikki Goeser, Executive Director of the Crime Prevention Research Center is an expert on this topic since her husband, Ben, was murdered in front of her by her stalker on April 2, 2009. Nikki’s stalker has been incarcerated since then, but he has continued over many years to stalk her from prison via twisted love letters to her. Unfortunately, her stalker is currently set to be released from prison early in 2028. Nikki helped get a Lifetime Order of Protection Law established in her state of Tennessee in 2021 for victims of violent crime. So, what exactly is stalking? Stalking is a pattern of repeated, unwanted behavior toward a specific person, which would cause any reasonable person to feel fearful, intimidated, or harassed. [more...]

Nikki Goeser is the Executive Director of the Crime Prevention Research Center and the author of Stalked and Defenseless: How Gun Control Helped My Stalker Murder My Husband in Front of Me.