Stalking

again or to punish those who do commit the same type of act. In 1994 the Violence Against Woman Act (VAMA) was passed by Congress in order to help better protect women who were victims of not only domestic violence and sexual assault, but also stalking and dating violence. In 2013 President Obama signed a bill to strengthen and reauthorize the VAMA. In addition, the bill removes barriers faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) victims, maintained protections for battered immigrants

necessary protection and give out legal penalties if someone was to break the laws. The purpose and main for a protective order is to protect someone from harm of another individual. It helps those that may be in harm of sexual, physical, mental abuse, stalking, harassment as well as those that have issues with neighbors’. Pretty much a protective order is put in place to help citizens be protective of any form of abuse by anyone. According to (findlaws) protective orders are court-ordered documents that

training we will discuss three scenarios dealing with stalking, intimate violence, and stranger violence. This training will help us determine the definition and how to deal with these areas of crime. The scenarios may or may not show how 3 areas are separate and/or combined. This training will have questions and answers that are able to be easily used as helpful guides for the trainees. Each scenario discussed will highlight stalking. Stalking creates a psychological prison that deprives its victims

out who is doing the stalking. These kinds of shows are based on real events that happen to people. By having these shows on the television, the audience

- 2 Instructor: Fabrienne McDowell August 1, 2015 Summary of Celebrity Stalkers-1 Why is celebrities the target of stalkers and what motivate them to do this? I will try to answer these questions in this brief essay. First of all what is stalking? Stalking is a pattern of behavior that makes you feel afraid, nervous, harassed, or in danger. It is when someone repeatedly contacts you, follows you, sends you things, talks to you when you don’t want them to, or threatens you. After reading several

Every minute, twenty people are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. According to the Natural Coalition of Domestic Violence, after one year more than ten million men and women become a victim of domestic violence. Every year someone new becomes a victim. Every year someone gets physically harmed or even death. Every year someone finds freedom from domestic violence. Domestic violence is an act which one individual purposely harms another, usually someone they are close

In a country where freedom of speech is at the foundation, one would think that women are free to express themselves in whatever manner they see fit, including online. In contrary to this belief, sexism has been evident in many social media platforms online. It seems impossible to live in a world where sexism does not exist. Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram are home to sexist remarks and arguments between strangers, celebrities, friends, and acquaintances. In the

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

The Cry of Tamar Reflection Paper After reading The Cry of Tamar, there were a number of problems that the author, Pamela Cooper-White, addressed that really caught my attention. However, one problem she addressed that really stuck with me was the harassment issue. This issue stuck with me due to how close to home it hit. My wife has a couple of friends who have been harassed due to their sexual orientation, both women. Although, neither one of them did anything about it as far as reporting it due

There is no denying that domestic violence directed towards women is a serious problem all over the world, and here in the United States. The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence reports that every 9 seconds, a woman is physically assaulted or abused in America.(NCADV) To understand domestic violence, one must first understand what domestic violence can consist of, and that is; the use or threat to use physical, sexual, or verbal behavior to force the partner to do something one wants; to