Stalking

Weekes, Cassidy J. and Storey, Jennifer E. (2025) Stalking. In: Payne-James, Jason and Byard, Roger W., eds. Encyclopedia of Forensic and Legal Medicine. Elsevier, pp. 364-370. ISBN 978-0-443-21442-4. (doi:10.1016/B978-0-443-21441-7.00086-8) (KAR id:109767)

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Abstract

Stalking consists of repeated, unwanted behavior that causes a victim distress or fear, and can have severe impact upon a victim’s life. This chapter highlights definitions and prevalence of stalking, and explores the behaviors that constitute stalking, as well as cyberstalking, the perpetration of stalking solely online. Typologies of stalking, which classify perpetrators to provide indication of the nature, duration, and severity of the stalking, and risk of future harm to the victim, are described. Risk factors for stalking and their use in the development of various risk assessment and screening tools are discussed, as are the validity of those tools. Finally, treatment of stalking perpetrators and the psychological, physical, and social impacts on victims are discussed.

Item Type:	Book section
DOI/Identification number:	10.1016/B978-0-443-21441-7.00086-8
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Psychology > Psychology
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Funders:	University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56)
Depositing User:	Cassidy Weekes
Date Deposited:	25 Apr 2025 10:55 UTC
Last Modified:	15 Oct 2025 02:43 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/109767 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Weekes, Cassidy J..

Creator's ORCID:	https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7758-1375
CReDIT Contributor Roles:	Conceptualisation (Equal), Resources (Equal), Investigation (Equal), Writing - original draft (Equal), Funding acquisition (Equal), Methodology (Equal), Software (Equal), Writing - review and editing (Equal), Formal analysis (Equal), Project administration (Equal), Validation (Equal), Visualisation (Equal), Data curation (Equal)

Storey, Jennifer E..

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