Nature verses Nurture Homicidal Rage
In the novel YOU, a young man named Joe is infatuated with a beautiful girl named Beck. Beck becomes an object of obsession to Joe and nothing more. Joe meticulously stalks and learns every aspect about the love of his life without her ever knowing. He sets his sights on his targets, strikes quick and hard. What drove Joe to become a creepy stalker that preyed on a young beautiful girl? Was Joe hardwired from birth to be a man with uncontrollable obsessions, did Joe learn these behaviors, or did Joe develop this characteristic due to a lack of a role model in his early childhood?
Stalking is a behavior that is depicted in literature or movies as an easily identifiable action and is widely conducted by a stranger. According to an article, A Pattern of Violence: Analyzing the Relationship Between Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking, it states; “In referring to the literature for estimates of severe violence rates, there may be an underestimation because of the chance that, when investigated, the violence may not have been connected with previous stalking behavior, and therefore not labeled as a stalking case (Rosenfeld, 2004). Law enforcement classifies many stalking cases as incidences of crimes such as harassment and trespassing (Jordan, Logan, Walker, & Nigoff, 2003). Moreover, stalking behaviors are frequently dismissed, especially when the victim knows the perpetrator (Davis & Chipman, 2001), and stalking is especially hard
Organized stalking is a very well know reality occurring to an untold amount of people a crossed the United States. Our U.S Government and intelligence agencies are fully aware of this. They are also aware of its direct purpose of the slow destruction of the targeted individual’s life this includes the deliberate ending of their life. Mr. Ted L. Gunderson (1929-2011) retired from the F.B.I as Senior Special Agent – In-Charge of the Los Angeles Field Office. In his affidavit dated 26 April 2011 he refers to organized stalking by its slang name gang stalking.
The book defined the term stalking as a distinct form of criminal activity because of its pattern of behavior that is intended to cause harm or to instill fear in a person. Following or harassing someone typically characterizes the offense. (Gosselin, 2014, pg. 290) When one thinks of a stalker the first think that tends to come to mind is someone following you. Even though stalkers do follow their victims often this is just one of the many behaviors a stalker possess. The book does say that there is no template for the actions of a stalker but there are key behaviors that are persistent and that qualify as being a stalker.
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
Before delving into the main points, the definition of stalking must be outlined. According to Patricia Tjaden and Nancy Thoennes, in their study of the National Violence Against Women Survey, “Stalking generally refers to harassing or threatening behavior that an individual engages in repeatedly, such as following a person, appearing at a per son 's home or place of business, making harassing phone calls, leaving written messages or objects, or vandalizing a person 's property. These actions may or
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
The following article is both interesting and informative when it comes to the final paper product as it deals specifically with laws against stalking; the following research examines and evaluates the anti-stalking laws in place around the United States along with their effectiveness. Richard A. Lingg compares the other set of the anti-stalking statutes around the country with that of California, one of the first states to enact stalking laws and make it a punishable offense in the 90’s, in doing so he spilt the laws into two groups; one where other states have adopted California’s law with no modifications and the other is roughly based on the original law but has a broader range. The original California law and the states that adopted it
Some people think that stalking can only happen to celebrities, but in reality, it can happen to regular people. According, to the Network of Victim Assistance, 6.6 million people in the United States are victims of stalking every year, with 75-80% of the reported cases involving males stalking females. Stalking and Obsession is a concept that should be taken seriously. Colette Dwyer suffers from guilt and declares that three women would still be alive if authorities had truly believed her.
High school is a time where teens are first getting into relationships and having sex. Unfortunately, this is also a time where teenagers can be victims to peer sexual harassment, sexual assault, and teen dating violence. According to the Miller-Perrin, Perrin, and Renzetti (2017), consequences to peer sexual harassment is that victims feel lower self-esteem, confidence, grades, lack of sleep and appetite, increased levels of depression, and more likely to miss school (p. 179). Consequences of sexual assault could both physical and psychological. Physical health outcomes could range from the actual injuries sustained during the assault, possible STDs, headaches, and insomnia. While psychological outcomes could include PTSD symptoms and thoughts of suicide. There is also a risk of re-victimization later in adulthood, possible due to increased drug use after an assault (Miller-Perrin et al, 2017, p.188). Consequences of teen dating violence could include increase substance abuse, thoughts of suicide, social withdrawal, depression, and the development of eating disorders (Miller-Perrin et al, 2017, p. 195). Another part of teen dating violence is stalking. According to the Miller-Perrin, Perrin, and Renzetti (2017), stalking is defined as causing someone to feel fearful through threats or unwanted contact. (p. 192). Stalking can be done by current and former partners in person or over technology. Within the era of technology, former and current partners are forcing their partners to give up their passwords or use social media against them to make them
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 has been around since the beginning of time. Men and women alike have been accused of such a crime cause they either can't get it out of their head that the other person does not want to have anything to do with them, or they are just obsessed with a stranger. It is just recent that they United States Government have decided to make stalking a crime in it self. This type of crime was labeled as harassment, annoyance, or domestic violence. It wasn't until the 80's and 90's that stalking cases were brought to the attention of the media and high political policy makers.
Approximately 1 out of 3 women experienced slapped, pushed or shoved, and 1 out of 4 gone through severe physical violence. About 14 percent men underwent severe physical violence from their intimate partners. Women tend to start experiencing these forces at a younger age, before they turned twenty five. The pie chart shows that nearly half (47.1%) of women begin to experience rape, physical violence and stalking by their intimate partners. 21.1% experienced it when they were between twenty five to thirty four years old, 6.8% aged thirty five to forty four and rest were over forty five years old. As for men, 38.6% of them started to experience rape, physical violence and stalking by their intimate partners from age eighteen to twenty four. Moving on, the data shows that about 19.3 million women experience stalking in their daily lives, the most common method is receiving unwanted phone calls (78.8%). American women and Black women are most likely to be stalked. Data estimated that about two-thirds of the women experience stalking by their partners, which is the most
Prior to the early 1990’s there were not any anti-stalking statues in the United States leaving many victims with little protection or help available from the legal system. This changed however in 1990 when California became the first state in the union to pass a state-wide anti-stalking law which declares that “any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her immediate family is guilty of the crime of stalking” (Cal Pen Code § 646.9, 2008), in this case the law indentifys a credible threat as a verbal or written threat, which can be sent electronically either through a computer, cellphone, or others, that the offender has the means to carry out. However, while California and the other
In light of these difficulties in making judgments about risk factors for stalking, two general themes are explored in this chapter. One topic to be addressed is the relevance of a common and
1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed