• Marshall County Man Convicted of Federal Cyberstalking and Gun Crime: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndms/pr/marshall-county-man-convicted-federal-cyberstalking-and-gun-crime
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 54
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Florida Man Sentenced to Prison for Extensive Cyberstalking and Threats Campaign: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/florida-man-sentenced-prison-extensive-cyberstalking-and-threats-campaign
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 31
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Lincoln Man Sentenced for Cyberstalking: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/lincoln-man-sentenced-cyberstalking
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 20
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Portland Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison for Cyberstalking and Anonymous Telephone Harassment: https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/portland-man-sentenced-33-months-federal-prison-cyberstalking-and-anonymous-telephone
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 50
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• North Georgia man sentenced for cyberstalking and making a bomb threat to a preschool: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndga/pr/north-georgia-man-sentenced-cyberstalking-and-making-bomb-threat-preschool
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 23
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Anderson County Man Pleads Guilty to Making Threatening Communications, Cyber-Stalking, and Firearm Offenses: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edky/pr/anderson-county-man-pleads-guilty-making-threatening-communications-cyber-stalking-and
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 22
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Maryland man offers guilty plea for cyberstalking Ohio victims: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/maryland-man-offers-guilty-plea-cyberstalking-ohio-victims
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 32
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Topeka Man Sentenced For Cyberstalking, Child Pornography: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ks/pr/topeka-man-sentenced-cyberstalking-child-pornography
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 35
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Man Sentenced for Cyberstalking, ID Theft and Computer Hacking: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edva/pr/man-sentenced-cyberstalking-id-theft-and-computer-hacking
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 23
  • Country of Origin: U.S.
• Ishpeming Woman Sentenced For Cyberstalking: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2019_1028_Harris
  • Gender: Female
  • Age: 56
  • Country of Origin: U.S.

Of the above crimes, I noticed a few patterns. The first and most apparent, is that all except one of the most recent Cyberstalking perpetrators have been male. This falls in line with other sexually motivated crimes, where men seem to always be the most common perpetrators. There are a multitude of psychological reasons for this, but the most common seems to be a traumatic past, or a lack of proper social conditioning, or even a combination of the two. This most likely also contributes to the abundance of men in Cyberstalking incidences.

The second pattern I noticed is the age of the perpetrators. Most of them fell into the age range of 20-40, with a few outliers. This could be explained as 1) younger brains may lack the maturity to deal with a loss of relationship or an unfulfilled infatuation in a less harmful manner, or 2) the fact that young people tend to have more knowledge of the internet and social media, as they have grown up with it.

The final pattern is that all of the perpetrators were white U.S. nationals. To explain this pattern, one could write an entire dissertation on the topic and still have only scratched the surface. The most concise explanation, however, is that young white men tend to be the most predisposed towards sex crimes, stalking, and other hostile acts towards the opposite sex.