Cyber-Abuse Research Initiative
The Cyber-Abuse Research Initiative (CARI) is a project of NORC at the University of Chicago in collaboration with the Safety Net Project and Dr. Emily Rothman at Boston University. This research is designed to support the development of policies, protocols, programs, and services that limit the incidence of cyberstalking, to strengthen law enforcement and victim services programming responses to victimization with scientific data, and to inform prevention efforts.
This page contains graphics and other materials developed by Safety Net that highlight different CARI findings. Learn more about CARI by visiting its page on the NORC website.
Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) is the misuse of technology to harm, harass, threaten, coerce, exploit, or violate a person.
Seven in ten young adults experience TFA.
More than 70% of people who experience TFA do not seek help.
One in six people who experience TFA are also physically harmed by the same abuser.
People who are bisexual, gay, lesbian, or queer experience more TFA (81%) than people who are heterosexual (68%).
Nearly 9 in 10 people who are trans or non-binary experience TFA.
People who are trans or non-binary experience more TFA than cis-gendered women or men.
While 7 in 10 young adults experience TFA, only 1 in 4 of those adults call what they experience “cyber-abuse.”
