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Stalkers and their victims /

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 ju...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mullen, Paul E.
Otros Autores: Pathé, Michele, 1959-, Purcell, Rosemary, 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.