Stalking, threatening, and attacking public figures
Subtitle: a psychological and behavioral analysis
By: edited by J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann.
Contributors: Meloy, J. Reid.; Sheridan, Lorraine.; Hoffmann, Jens, 1968-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780195326383
Subjects: Stalking; Celebrities; Fans (Persons); Crime Victims; Famous Persons; Crime -- prevention & control; Criminal Psychology; Forensic Psychiatry; Mental Disorders
Description: "Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures is a comprehensive survey of the current knowledge about stalking, violence risk, and threat management toward public figures. With contributions from forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, clinicians, researchers, attorneys, profilers, and current and former law enforcement and intelligence professionals, this book is the first of its kind, international in scope, and rich in both depth and complexity."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Public figure stalking : the state of the science / J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann; title: A forensic investigation of those who stalk celebrities / J. Reid Meloy, Kris Mohandie, Mila Green McGowan; title: The role of psychotic illness in attacks on public figures / Paul E. Mullen ... [et al.]; title: Homicidal celebrity stalkers : dangerous obsessions with nonpolitical public figures / Louis B. Schlesinger, V. Blair Mesa; title: On public figure howlers / Frederick S. Calhoun, Stephen W. Weston; title: Stalking, threatening, and attacking corporate figures / Jens Hoffmann, Lorraine Aheridan; title: The public figure assassin as terrorist / James Biesterfeld, J. Reid Meloy; title: Contributions from attachment theory and psychoanalysis to advance understanding of public figure stalking and attacking / Jens Hoffmann, J. Reid Meloy; title: Celebrities as victims of stalking / Jens Hoffmann, Lorraine Sheridan; title: Psychopathy and predatory stalking of public figures / Mary Ellen O'Toole, Sharon S. Smith, Robert D. Hare; title: Two case studies of corporate-celebrity victims : the stalking of Steven Spielberg and Stephen Wynn / J. Reid Meloy, Kris Mohandie; title: Toward the measurement and profiling of celebrity worship / John Maltby, David Giles; title: Fanning the flames of fandom : celebrity worship, parasocial interaction, and stalking / Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach; title: Operations of the LAPD threat management unit / Jeff Dunn; title: Risk assessment of public figure stalkers / P. Randall Kropp, Stephen D. Hart, David R. Lyon; title: Preventing assassination : psychiatric consultation to the United States Secret Service / Robert T.M. Phillips; title: Offender profiling and celebrity stalking cases / Karl Roberts; title: Prosecuting celebrity stalkers / Rhonda Saunders, Sean Wainwright; title: Use of threat assessment for the protection of the United States Congress / Mario J. Scalora, William Zimmerman, David G. Wells; title: From violent words to violent deeds : assessing risk from FBI threatening communication cases / Sharon S. Smith.