Stalkers and their victims / / Paul E. Mullen, Michele Pathé, Rosemary Purcell [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453956003321
• Autore: Mullen Paul E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 0-511-73673-8; 1-107-19320-6; 9786611944995; 1-281-94499-8; 0-511-45636-0; 0-511-45767-7; 0-511-45468-6; 0-511-45365-5; 0-511-54408-1; 0-511-45571-2
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.88
• Soggetti: Stalking; Stalkers; Women - Crimes against - Prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-312) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Stalking : a problem behaviour -- Stalking as a social construction and social reality -- The epidemiology of stalking -- The victims of stalkers -- Stalking typologies and classifications -- The rejected stalker and the resentful stalker -- The intimacy seeker and the incompetent suitor -- The erotomanias and the morbid infatuations -- The predatory stalker -- Stalking among juveniles -- Female stalkers -- Same-gender stalking -- Cyberstalking -- Stalking by proxy -- The law as stalker's agent -- Stalking in the workplace -- Stalking of health professionals -- Stalking celebrities and other public figures -- False victims of stalking -- Evaluating and managing risk in the stalking situation -- The therapeutic approach to the stalker -- Reducing the impact of ; stalking on victims -- Defining and prosecuting the offence of stalking.
• Sommario/riassunto: Stalking has moved from being a novel area for study to become a core area of concern for mental health professionals, lawyers and other members of the criminal justice system. It has emerged as a significant social problem which not only commands considerable public attention but is now, in many jurisdictions, a specific form of criminal offence. This new edition brings the reader completely up-to-date with the explosion in published research and clinical studies in the field, and covers new issues such as cyberstalking, stalking health professionals, stalking in the workplace, female stalkers, juvenile stalkers, stalking celebrities, evaluating risk in the stalking situation, as well as exploring changes to the legal status of the behaviour. Illustrated with case studies throughout, this is the definitive guide and reference for anyone with professional, academic or other interests in this complex behaviour.