Why "Organized Stalking" is a better term to use than "Gang Stalking"

"Gang Stalking", "Organized Stalking", "Group Stalking", "Cause Stalking", "Revenge Stalking" are all terms used to describe the type of stalking that this website is about.

"One-On-One" stalking is the most prevalent type of stalking that is done today.
Victims of this type of stalking usually report that a single person, whom they know, is stalking them - an ex-boyfriend, ex-husband, ex-wife, ex-co-worker etc.
Victims of this type of stalking can go to the police and report the stalking; and the police will usually be able and willing to help them.
They will take down all the information the victim tells them, and will offer further help as well.
They may suggest that the "One-On-One" stalking victim seek a restraining order against whoever is stalking them, and they may even contact the suspected stalker to see what he or she has to say about the fact that they have been accused of stalking.

However, as has been previously stated on this website many times, if a victim of multiple stalkers, all unknown to the victim, goes to the local police for help; he or she is usually treated as if  they have "psychological" problems; because "a stranger would never be doing that!."

Eleanor White, a multi-stalking victim for over 25 years, and an advocate for victims of this type of stalking, was probably the one who coined the term "Gang Stalking."
However, years later, she realized that using the term "Gang" stalking implied that this type of stalking was done by "street gangs," which, of course is generally untrue.
(Occasionally street gangs ARE used as part of the harassment of Targeted Individuals)

But when Eleanor White started a website about this type of stalking, she called it:
"Multistalker Victims.org" - because she thought "Multi-stalker" was a more accurate term to use, and doesn't confuse people who are unfamiliar with this type of stalking.

As Eleanor White herself has said:
"Commonly known gangs - youth, ethnic, biker, Mafia etc.- are NOT carrying out organized stalking.
If you say they are, you are not painting an accurate picture and are making it more difficult for OS targets to achieve justice.
Any reference to 'gang' stalking with unaware people throws the conversation way off on an irrelevant side track, burning up all the available attention span.
If you insist on calling this 'gang' stalking, I hope you will minimize the use of that term as it doesn't help our cause.
We all need to educate the public about the reality of organized stalking, and do so regardless of whether the perps see it as a 'reaction' or not.
If we don't educate the public, the nightmare of organized stalking will never end.
A good step in that direction would be to force the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) to stop treating OS as mental illness, and include it in their educational materials."