The Psychology of Stalking
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The Psychology of Stalking

Clinical and Forensic Perspectives

  1. 327 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Psychology of Stalking

Clinical and Forensic Perspectives

About this book

The Psychology of Stalking is the first scholarly book on stalking ever published. Virtually every serious writer and researcher in this area of criminal psychopathology has contributed a chapter. These chapters explore stalking from social, psychiatric, psychological and behavioral perspectives. New thinking and data are presented on threats, pursuit characteristics, psychiatric diagnoses, offender-victim typologies, cyberstalking, false victimization syndrome, erotomania, stalking and domestic violence, the stalking of public figures, and many other aspects of stalking, as well as legal issues. This landmark text is of interest to both professionals and other thoughtful individuals who recognize the serious nature of this ominous social behavior. - First scholarly book on stalking ever published - Contributions from virtually all major researchers in field - Discussion of what to do when being stalked - Uses examples from recent publicized cases

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
1998
Print ISBN
9780124905603
eBook ISBN
9780080518978
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Forensic Medicine
Index
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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. The Psychology of Stalking: Clinical and Forensic Perspectives
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Contributors
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1. The Psychology of Stalking
  8. Chapter 2. The Legal Perspective on Stalking
  9. Chapter 3. Developmental and Social Antecedents of Stalking
  10. Chapter 4. Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Offender–Victim Typology of Stalking
  11. Chapter 5. The Archetypes and the Psychodynamics o f Stalking
  12. Chapter 6. The Victims o f Stalking
  13. Chapter 7. Stalking and Domestic Violence
  14. Chapter 8. The Stalking o f Clinicians by Their Patients
  15. Chapter 9. Preventing Attacks on Public Officials and Public Figures: A Secret Service Perspective
  16. Chapter 10. De Clérambault On-Line: A Survey o f Erotomania and Stalking from the Old World to the World Wide Web
  17. Chapter 11. Cultural Factors in Erotomania and Obsessional Following
  18. Chapter 12. False Victimization Syndromes in Stalking
  19. Chapter 13. Stalking, Erotomania, and the Tarasoff Cases
  20. Chapter 14. Applying Functional Analysis to Stalking Behavior
  21. Chapter 15. Threat Management of Stalking Cases
  22. Index