Stalkers and their victims
By: Paul E. Mullen, Michele Pathé, Rosemary Purcell.
Contributors: Pathé, Michele, 1959-; Purcell, Rosemary, 1969-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780521732413
Subjects: Stalking; Stalkers; Women -- Crimes against -- Prevention; Obsessive Behavior -- psychology; Crime -- prevention & control; Crime Victims -- psychology; Social Behavior Disorders -- psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Stalking : a problem behaviour; title: Stalking as a social construction and social reality; title: The epidemiology of stalking; title: The victims of stalkers; title: Stalking typologies and classifications; title: The rejected stalker and the resentful stalker; title: The predatory stalker; title: Intimacy seekers and incompetent suitors; title: The erotomanias and the morbid infatuations; title: Stalking among juveniles; title: Female stalkers; title: Same gender stalking; title: Cyberstalking; title: Stalking by proxy; title: The law as stalker's agent; title: Stalking in the workplace; title: Stalking of health professionals; title: Stalking celebrities and other public figures; title: False victims of stalking; title: Evaluating and managing risk in the stalking situation; title: The therapeutic approach to the stalker; title: Reducing the impact of stalking on victims; title: Defining and prosecuting the offence of stalking.