A Guide to Handling Stalkers - Plus More Stalker Math

 

This is my third and final entry for Stalking Awareness month.  The following link is a detailed guide on how to handle five types of stalkers.  This guide is far more extensive than the one in my previous entry.  There are sections for physical followers, cyberstalkers, and for short and long-distance stalkers.  It's a long entry, so feel free to skip around to different segments.  Also included is a section for Stalker Mathematics, in which you can calculate the person's financial ability to drive a long distance to find you. 

This is my aforementioned guide from my crime blog, Caroline's Chronicles of Crime:  Five Types of Stalkers - How to Handle Them

The following is an addition to the math portion. (No puns intended!)

Here is some more Stalker Mathematics.  These ones are quick and easy.  All you need are two numbers and a calculator.

D = RT
(Distance = Rate x Time)

R = D/T
(Rate = Distance/Time)

T = D/R
(Time = Distance/Rate)

If you know how far away your predator is, good.  The more concerning variables are speed and the time you have left before the person finds you.  The following is an example is for time, and it's not based on anyone real.  It's just a theoretical example.

The creep lives 500 miles away.  The speed limit on the turnpike is 65mph.  How much time do I have before he shows up?

D = RT
500 = 65*T

500/65 = (65*T)/65     Divide both sides by rate, 65mph.
500/65 = (65*T)/65     The 65s cancel out on the right side, reducing it to lowest terms.

500/65 = T

T = 7.692 hours

It's about 7 hours and 41 minutes, given that the perpetrator does not make any rest stops.

Conclusion:  It would take less than half a day for someone living 500 miles away to reach you.  In this scenario, it would be wisest to go to your nearest women's shelter and request an emergency PFA (Protection from Abuse order).  Even if you are male, you still can ask for a PFA form.  If you don't know where your nearest women's shelter is, then call your local police station, and they can give you information on restraining orders and they will also be alerted in case the perpetrator shows up.