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It is estimated that a quarter of all women will be stalked in their lifetime. Stalkers put their victims in danger of losing their jobs, their support system, even their lives; and subject them to dangerously high levels of fear and stress. This book examines the multiple aspects of partner stalking from the victim's perspective. Female survivors share their personal stories of partner stalking, and the authors provide an extensive look at the latest stalking research providing readers with the new most relevant implications for practice and future research.
The Psychology of Stalking is the first scholarly book on stalking ever published. Virtually every serious writer and researcher in this area of criminal psychopathology has contributed to this comprehensive resource. These chapters explore stalking from social, psychiatric, psychological, legal, and behavioral perspectives. New thinking and data are presented on threats, pursuit characteristics, psychiatric diagnoses, offender-victim typologies, cyberstalking, false victimization syndrome, erotomania, stalking and domestic violence, stalking of public figures, and many other aspects of stalking. This landmark text is of interest to both professionals and other thoughtful individuals who rec...
Complete with many examples taken from actual cases, this excellent handbook on a serious social problem is of great use to potential stalking victims, law enforcement officials, personnel departments, and employers.
The recent increased focus on high profile stalking cases has ledto the raising of public awareness and professional concern,however, only recently has there been substantial scientificresearch into the area. Stalking and Psychosexual Obsession represents a showcase ofcontemporary research and theory never before assembled in onebook. The contributions which are drawn from the diverse spheres ofpsychology, psychiatry, the police and the law provide acomprehensive picture of what is currently known aboutstalking. Each of the chapters not only takes stock of existing research, butprovides ground-breaking new insights. Among the topics covered arevictimology, violence risk assessment and case management issuesand a new stalker classificatory system is presented which offersadvice on how to identify different types of stalkers withdifferent intervention strategies being suggested for eachcase. * A comprehensive, global showcase of contemporary thought, ideas,research and practice * An international team of expert contributors from diversebackgrounds, including, psychology, psychiatry, police and the law
Stalking: Psychology, Risk Factors, Interventions, and Law provides hands-on guidance for criminal justice, mental health services and victim advocacy professionals. This "one-stop" desk reference draws on the fields of law, psychiatry, social work, criminology and sociology.
Across America, crime is a consistent public concern. The authors have produced a comprehensive work on major criminological theories, combining classical criminology with new topics, such as Internet crime and terrorism. The text also focuses on how criminology shapes public policy.
"Stalking the Stalker empowers you to take charge. You'll learn.