Cyber Stalking

Stalking has been a label for a long-term pattern of persistent pursuit and intrusive behavior directed by one person toward another (Logan & Cole, 2007). It is a term that has been around since

Stalking is a national epidemic. Across the country millions of Americans are stalked each year. They are followed without relief everywhere they go–to work, to school, to the shopping mall, to the doctor’s office, to their home—until they no longer feel safe anywhere.

In the article College Student Perceptions of Criminal Justice System Responses to Stalking (2011) the authors explain the methods they had used and examples of past and current research in order to give an insight as what is being explained throughout the article. The current study used a survey that had been administered to undergraduate college students from a large east coast university to examine whether extra-legal factors influenced their personal judgements of criminal justice system responsiveness to stalking (Cass & Rosay, 2011). Stalking and to how it is perceived by college students was the question. There are specified statistics as to where victimization rates range from, for example 13 percent to 30 percent and other estimates

Cyber stalking laws normally classify cyber stalking as a misdemeanor offense. However, a main issue in any cyber stalking case has been proving identity since, most people do not use their real identities while communicating on the internet (Followill, 2015). In this case, the defendant is known which should help the prosecution pursue charges more speedily.

Just as stalking “in real life” is a crime in California, as it is in most states, stalking someone online is also a serious criminal offense.

Stalking is a relatively new crime in which is defined by as unwanted obsessive behavior by a group or individual toward another person. Stalking can be categorized as a domestic violence crime in which one person involved in a romantic relationship with another becomes obsessed compulsively over the loss of a romantic partner due to abuses committed against a spouse or lover during the course of an intimate relationship. According to the National Institute of Justice, stalking is defined

Stalking is a crime that many Americans have dealt with both privately and publicly. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice, “3.4 million persons in the U.S. are affected by the crime of stalking annually” (Baum & Catalano, 2009). Despite this, the crime is often marginalized. This issue of marginalization comes from the difficulty of actually lawfully describing stalking. For example, even though the federal government and all the states have laws that do address stalking the definition of stalking is different in each state. These laws vary on the type of fear the victim has, their distress, as well as the behavior or intent of their stalker. The U.S Bureau of Justice elaborates on this phenomena and observes that, “Some state laws specify that the

While others use computers for online gambling others use the cyberspace as an easy tool to seek for sex. Perpetrators use the technology to hide their identities, some participants are married, well-educated with a college degree, politicians, male, and white, seeking being sex stimulated. Pornography Cyber-stalkers use the cyber space for harassing, and threat people by sending emails, letters, and text messages to their victims causing fear. In some cases stalkers use this technology to find personal information of their victims, such as address, phone number, email. People may use Cyber-hate to send anonymously hate messages toward others. This method also is use to express discrimination against minority groups through the cyberspace. Every day more and more crimes are committed thought the internet. If someone being victimized of a cyber-crime on the internet, is encourage to reporter it to the local law enforcement agency, resulting in

The internet has brought upon a new revolution of global interconnection where contacting someone on the other side of the world is just a click away, but with this international phenomenon comes an increased susceptibility with unfamiliar technology. Internet crime is compiled of all non-physical crime with the aid of a computer. Although broad in definition internet crimes are largely composed of acts such as cyber fraud, ‘phishing’ (username and password hacking), cyber stalking and hacking. Internet crime does not pose an overwhelming issue in society in terms of its

The category that best fit Jemma’s stalker behavior is the rejected stalker that comes from Mullen, Pathé, Purcell, and Stuart’s (1999) study. According to the authors “Rejected stalkers often acknowledged a complex mixture of desire for both reconciliation and revenge. A sense of loss could be combined with frustration, anger, jealousy, vindictiveness, and sadness in ever-changing proportions.” (Mullen, Pathé, Purcell, and Stuart 1999, p.1246). According to Racine and Billick’s (2014) study which expounded on Mullen, Pathé, Purcell, and Stuart, (1999) Stalker typology that included intimacy seeking, incompetent, resentful, and predatory. According to study the “Rejected stalkers are those with a primary motivation of seeking revenge against,

Do you know what it is like to be called names, tortured about your interests, your hobbies, your preferences, or even your lifestyle? Have you ever experienced this kind of torment through social media, email, or even texting? It is called cyber bullying; “When someone repeatedly makes fun of another person online or repeatedly picks on another person through email, text messaging or when someone posts something online about another person that they don’t like” (Patchin). There are several different motives why someone may cyber bully. Three of the well-known reasons are jealousy, popularity, and home life. These motives will be discussed in this paper.

Stalking is getting more of a concern as internet becomes increasing popular. Cyber stalking is the easy form that takes place on the internet and social media like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Stalking is a criminal offense and is not to be taken lightly. Stalking is a way to harass a person in order to gain control of their lives. Social media like Facebook makes information about the person’s life too easy to get their hands on. Some people post on Facebook their every move and their life story but that information is can be leaked and get into the hands of ordinary people that we don’t even know.

With today’s technology bullying has become easier then ever; the children and youth of this generation do not even need to have personal confrontation. Cyber bullying can be defined as any communication posted or sent by a minor online, by instant messenger, e-mail, website, diary site, online profile, interactive game, handheld device, cell phone or other interactive device that is intended to frighten, embarrass, harass or otherwise target another minor. Cyber bullying is disturbingly common among Canadian teens. Cyber-Bullying: Our Kids’ New Reality is a survey that was conducted from December 2006 – January 2007 by the members of Kids Help Phone that had over 2500 respondents. More than 70 per cent of

Technology can be used in many ways to cyber bully. Barnardos released a booklet in 2012 outlining a number of key risk factors of cyber bullying. Personal intimidation includes actions such as sending out threatening text messages, posting abusive and threatening comments on the victim’s Facebook profiles or other websites and the use of instant messaging in chat rooms etc. to threaten the victim further. Impersonation involves setting up fake profiles and web pages that are attributed to the victim; this also involves hacking or gaining access to the victims profile to contact or instant message others. Exclusion encompasses blocking an individual from a class group or community group on a social media website. Personal humiliation is a behaviour that involves posting images or videos of the victim that are intended to embarrass or humiliate them. This can be done on Facebook or by text messaging etc. And lastly false reporting, this is where the bully reports the victim to the service provider for a range of behaviours with a view to having the account suspended, blocked or deleted (Get With It, 2012).

This crime can be perpetrated through email, social media, chat rooms, instant messaging clients and any other online medium. Cyberstalking can also occur in conjunction with the more traditional form of stalking, where the offender harasses the victim offline