The kinds of acts that make up stalking include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Following or surveillance
- Inappropriate approaches and confrontations
- Repeated, uninvited appearances at work or residence
- Unwanted telephone calls or texts
- Threatening the victim
- Threatening the victim’s family and friends
- Unwanted letters, e-mails, gifts
- Repeatedly sending unwanted emails or texts to the victim
- Using online social media inappropriately
- Damaging the victim’s property
- Physical assault
- Sexual assault
- Assaulting or killing the victim’s pet
- Spreading false rumors
- Filing false charges
Excerpted from Los Angeles College Consortium and usc.edu