The Cold Hard Facts About Intimate Stalking, And The Effect It Has On Its ' Victims

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.

As mentioned earlier, most of these studies were done regarding females who had already filed for a protective order, who were Caucasian, and in their early 30s. However protective orders do not stop stalking and some females do not have the courage to go get the protective order to help protect them against their current or former romantic partner. Although all of these studies focus on females, males are just as susceptible to experience stalking and other forms of abuse. Finally while most victims of stalking are Caucasian females, stalking can span across all races, ages, and level of education. Percentages are shown so one can see that it really does and can happen to anyone.

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

Domestic violence is an epidemic in our society with dramatic, negative effects on individuals, families and communities. Domestic violence is a crime that knows no economic, racial, ethnic, religious, age or gender limits. Women who are victims of domestic violence most likely are also victims of sexual assault and, stalking. A domestic violence victim may experience systematic rape in addition to physical and psychological abuse. According to Backman, (p.54) nearly one in every four women are beaten or raped by a partner during adulthood. Three women are killed by a current or former intimate partner each day in America, on average women are at an increased risk of harm shortly after separation from an abusive partner.

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

In 2011, Illinois statue (720 ILCS 5/12-7.3) defined stalking as: “person commits stalking when he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person, and he or she knows or should know that this course of

This review comparison of these Journal articles shows that “prior relationship does influence the perceptions of stalking and Responsibility” (Hills & Taplin 1998, Dennison & Thomson 2000, Seridan et. al 2003, Phillips et.al. 2004, Kinkade et.al 2005, Cass 2011 and Scott et.al. 2013) In these articles the relationship between victim and stalker are analyzed. In other words someone who is known to a victim has their behavior excused but the same behavior for a stranger or acquaintance is considered not acceptable even criminal. People with a “prior relationship” are also treated less harshly by the law.

Taylor Thill Stalking            Stalking is defined as the pursuit of another person that is not wanted, examples of this are following somebody, randomly showing up at a person's home or place of business, leaving written messages, objects, or harassing phone calls, and vandalizing a person's property. It is typically not a one-time occurrence, and the actions of the stalker will cause the victim to fear for their safety. In Wisconsin (Stat. § 940.32), stalking is defined as “Actor knows or should know that his intentional conduct causes reasonable person to fear bodily injury to or death of himself or of his immediate family. Acts actually induce such fear” (http://statelaws.findlaw.com/wisconsin-law/wisconsin-stalking-laws.html).

Covered in this training material will be three scenarios. Information will be provided regarding stalking, domestic violence (today is known as intimate violence) and stranger violence. Stalking is often a prelude to violence in which this paper will also discuss.

violence survey in 2007, 1 in 6 women and 1 in 19 men nationwide have been stalked

Street stalking is as serious as any other kind of stalking and leaves the woman depressed and morally low.