Provides multidisciplinary coverage of stalking behavior worldwide from both academic and practical approaches
Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is a thorough, up-to-date overview of stalking perpetration and victimization in different regions of the world. This authoritative book brings together contributions from a team of leading scholars and practitioners that discuss a diverse range of interrelated topics and issues relevant to stalking and intrusive behavior from both theoretical and practical contexts. Whereas most of the literature on the subject is written from a Western viewpoint, this unique volume examines empirical research, policies, and practices from Asian and African countries, as well as those from Europe, the Americas, and Australia, to provide a truly global perspective.
Divided into three parts, the book first examines theories and research on cross-national differences in stalking among college students, ex-partner stalking in Finland, cyberstalking victimization in Singapore, the heterogeneity of stalking and stalkers in Australia, public familiarity and understanding of stalking/harassing legislation in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and more. The book's second part focuses on national portraits of stalking in a number of understudied populations, including Lithuania, Spain, Denmark, Portugal, and South Africa. Finally in the third section of the book, the chapters largely emphasize policy and best practice, including the Dutch model of policing stalking, risk assessment and management of stalking in Sweden, psycho-legal responses to online interpersonal harm, the German approach to stopping stalking, the United Kingdom response to assessing and managing stalking, and the work of the Danish Stalking Centre. This important contribution to the field:
- Offers insights from international professionals applicable in other geographical contexts
- Discusses the factors that influence social awareness and responses to stalking
- Explores the importance of victim vulnerability factors when managing risk of stalking
- Presents real-world case studies of stalking behavior, intimate partner violence, stalking victimization, and statutory and law enforcement efforts
- Reviews the intervention practices of the support institutions and justice systems of different countries
Psycho-Criminological Approaches to Stalking Behavior: The International Perspective is an ideal primary or supplementary text for courses in criminology, criminal justice, forensic psychology, and social and behavioral science, as well as a valuable source of reference for those who deal with offenders or victims of stalking, including law enforcement agents, mental health professionals, legal practitioners, social services personnel, and policy makers.
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Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, PhD is Associate Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. His research focuses on stalking behavior, sexual homicide, offender profiling, sexual offending, homicide, and Asian criminology. He is the author of several books and more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.
Lorraine Sheridan, PhD is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Professor at Curtin University, Australia. The author of four books and numerous papers, she trains professionals involved in investigating stalking crimes and provides case management advice to police, security personnel, public figures, and others on stalking, harassment, violence, and risk and threat assessment.
Inhalt
Foreword xv
References xvii
Introduction: Stalking Behavior in a Global Context 1
Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Lorraine Sheridan
Introduction 1
The Approach Adopted in this Book 2
The Structure of the Book 3
Exploring the Global Phenomenon of Stalking Behavior from a PsychoCriminological Perspective 6
References 7
Part I: Theories and Research 9
1 Stalking and Cyberstalking Victimization Research: Taking Stock of Key Conceptual, Definitional, Prevalence, and Theoretical Issues 11
Erica R. Fissel, Bradford W. Reyns, and Bonnie S. Fisher
Introduction 11
Conceptual and Definitional IssuesStalking 13
Conceptual and Definitional IssuesCyberstalking 15
Prevalence of Stalking and Cyberstalking Victimization 16
Theoretical Approaches Applied to Stalking and Cyberstalking Victimization 22
MultiTheoretical Frameworks 30
Future Directions for Research 31
References 32
2 Racial Differences in Stalking Victimization, Police Reporting, and Coping Strategies among White, Black, and Asian Americans 37
Fawn T. Ngo
Introduction 37
Stalking Victimization 39
Racial Differences in Stalking Victimization 40
Racial Differences in HelpSeeking Behaviors Among Stalking Victims 41
Data and Methods 42
Sample 42
Measures 44
Analytic Strategy 46
Results 46
Discussion and Conclusion 47
References 51
3 ExPartner Stalking in Finland: Children as Knowing Agents in Parental Stalking 55
Merja Laitinen and Anna Nikupeteri
Introduction 55
Finland as a Research Context for ExPartner Stalking 57
Method 58
Dimensions of Children's Knowing Agency 60
Children's Various Knowing Agency 71
Conclusion 73
Acknowledgments 74
References 74
4 Unwanted Attention: A Survey on Cyberstalking Victimization 77
Majeed Khader and Stephanie Chan
Introduction 77
Characteristics of Cyberspace 78
Defining Cyberstalking 79
Reviewing the Literature on Cyberstalking 79
Impact of Cyberstalking on Victims 80
Victims' Actions and Coping Efforts 81
Recent Developments in the Cyberstalking Landscape in Singapore 81
Three Surveys of Cyberstalking in Emergent Adults in Singapore 82
Methodology 83
General Discussion on Three Singapore Surveys 100
Study Limitations 102
Conclusion 102
Acknowledgments 103
References 103
Examples of Cyberstalking 108
Survey Questionnaire 109
5 Is there a Best Stalking Typology?: Parsing the Heterogeneity of Stalking and Stalkers in an Australian Sample 115
Troy E. McEwan and Michael R. Davis
Introduction 115
Offense and Offender Classification Schemes 116
A Brief History of Stalking Classification Schemes 117
Which Typology to Use? 122
Aim and Approach of the Current Study 123
Method 123
Results 125
Discussion 128
Support for each of the Commonly Used Stalking Typologies 129
Choosing which Typology to Use 132
Conclusion 133
Acknowledgment 133
References 134
6 Public Familiarity and Understanding of Stalking/Harassment Legislation in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States 137
Adrian J. Scott, Nikki Rajakaruna, Megan A. Handscomb, and Georgina A. H. Waterworth
Introduction 137
Method 141
Findings 144
Discussion 151
References 155
Part II: National Portraits 159
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