California passed the first anti-stalking law in 1990, following the 1989 murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer. Within 3 years every state had a similar law. Today all states have laws that also cover cyber-stalking and/or cyber-harassment. In recent years, a growing number of states have also passed laws governing cyber-bullying (involving minors).
A colleague forwarded to me your posts on Google+; wanted to say that I found them very interesting and am now sharing them with my social science class! Thanks and I look forward to more interesting topics!
thank you for the feedback–always nice to hear that someone is reading and circulating them! All best, Ian