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Stalking is when a person consistently has nonconsensual communication with their

target. The nonconsensual communication could be verbal or written. Watching from a distance

and frequently calling is a common way of stalking. There is often threats involved which would

cause a reasonable person to be afraid of the stalker. Studies were done to see how college

students perceived different types of stalking situations such as the man being the victim of

stalking, and how gender and past relationship with the stalker affects how police and society

view the crime and if there is a criminal justice response.
In the study concerning how college students perceived criminal justice responses in stalking cases, 513 undergraduate students …show more content…

Men would rather handle the situation on their own, rather than ask for help. The standards that society has for men can be dangerous because even law enforcement think of stalking cases in which men are the victim as trivial. They don’t pay much attention to it and the case is often dismissed. There aren’t many victim services for men in the first place, and if there are, law enforcement is not likely to refer men to those services. Offenders who stalk men are also less likely to be arrested. This is giving a free pass to stalkers who stalk men. No one takes the case seriously. Men are being victimized and they have been told by society that they shouldn’t ask for help. Even if they do report the crime, law enforcement is probably not going to do much about it because they don’t see it as a real case. If one were to redo this study, the study could be better done if they asked people of different age groups. While this study did ask males, females, and people of color, they only conducted the study using college students. Using college students was a great idea because most stalking cases involve college age students. However, there are other age groups that …show more content…

This study surveyed college students and how they perceived the criminal justice system. They were given scenarios and asked how they think the criminal justice system would respond to the stalking cases. The study showed that gender of the victim and offender and prior relationship between the victim and offender had an impact on whether the student thought that police intervention was necessary. The results were that women victims and victims of strangers stalking them were more likely to receive attention from the police and have the whole criminal justice process such as investigation, charge, trial, conviction and sentence. However, if the victim was a male or if the victim had a prior relationship with the offender, then they were less likely to ask for help and the criminal justice system would be less likely to take their case seriously. Stalking cases aren’t taken as seriously as they should be, which is why stalking is a huge problem in the United States. If the criminal justice system treated every stalking case the same, then there would be more deterrence and the crime rate in stalking would go

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