Partner Stalking: How Women Respond, Cope, and SurviveIt is estimated that a quarter of all women will be stalked in their lifetime. Stalkers put their victims in danger of losing their jobs, their support system, even their lives; and subject them to dangerously high levels of fear and stress. This book examines the multiple aspects of partner stalking from the victim's perspective. Female survivors share their personal stories of partner stalking, and the authors provide an extensive look at the latest stalking research providing readers with the new most relevant implications for practice and future research. |
Contents
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3 Partner Stalking and Previous Victimization | 59 |
4 The Health and Mental Health Costs of Partner Stalking | 107 |
5 Partner Stalking and CoOccurring Problems | 149 |
6 Partner Stalking and Coping Responses | 183 |
7 Partner Stalking and the Justice System Response | 235 |
Are There Answers for Stalking Victims? | 285 |
Study Methods and Ethical Considerations | 305 |
Notes | 313 |
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Page 2 - Any person is guilty of stalking who: (a) purposefully engages in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear bodily injury to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family or to fear the death of himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family; and (b) has knowledge or should have knowledge...
Page 318 - Childhood abuse, household dysfunction, and the risk of attempted suicide throughout the life span: Findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study.
Page 2 - Course of conduct" means repeatedly maintaining a visual or physical proximity to a person or repeatedly conveying verbal or written threats or threats implied by conduct or a combination thereof directed at or toward a person; (b) "Repeatedly...
Page 2 - ... has knowledge or should have knowledge that the specific person will be placed in reasonable fear of bodily injury to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family or will be placed in reasonable fear of...
Page 2 - For the purposes of this section, "immediate family" means any spouse, whether by marriage or not, parent, child, any person related by consanguinity or affinity within the second degree, or any other person who regularly resides in the household, or who, within the prior six months, regularly resided in the household.
Page 315 - Blaauw, E., Winkel, FW, Arensman, E., Sheridan, L., & Freeve, A. (2002). The toll of stalking: The relationship between features of stalking and psychopathology of victims. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 17, 50-63.
Page viii - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Page 2 - ... whose acts induce fear in the specific person of bodily injury to himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family or induce fear in the specific person of the death of himself or herself or a member of his or her immediate family; is guilty of stalking" (National Institute of Justice, 1993, pp.