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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794167503321

Titolo

Psycho-criminological approaches to stalking behavior : an international perspective / / edited by Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Lorraine Sheridan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2020

ISBN

1-119-56546-4

1-119-56547-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (419 pages)

Collana

Wiley series in psychology of crime, policing, and law

Disciplina

364.15

Soggetti

Stalking

Cyberstalking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

"This work is only a start. The perceptive reader will quickly discern that many countries are not represented by the roster of authors, more specifically, large swaths of South America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. This book is a tremendous start-two internationally recognized experts in stalking are the co-editors--but there is much work to be done to codify stalking as a crime in most countries of the world where it is not; a fact which brings me to my first point in this foreword. A prerequisite of stalking is a stable democracy wherein other, and often more severe forms, of interpersonal violence have already been addressed in criminal law. Some authors have referred to these as the WEIRD (westernized, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) countries, suggesting a certain perjorative attitude toward them; my preference is to consider them WIRED, suggesting both progression and innovation"--