Stalking

By Brittany Binkley

Objectives

• Definition

• Types

• Characteristics of Stalkers

• Facts About the Victims

• How to Deal with Stalkers

• Questions

Stalking - Definition

• When a person follows another person around stealthily.

• When a person waits to ambush the person(their prey).

• Watching a persons every move and repeatedly communicating with them against their wishes.

Types of stalkers• 1. Rejected stalker

• 2. Resentful stalkers

• 3. Intimacy seekers

• 4. Incompetent suitors

• 5. Predatory stalker

• This stalker will follow their victim in order to correct or avenge a rejection from the victim such as a divorce, breakup or separation.

• Rejected stalkers are the most common also the rejected stalker can be the most persistent and annoying.

Rejected Stalker

• The stalker follows the victim for revenge. Mostly to cause the victim fear

• Sometimes the stalker thinks they are the victim

Resentful Stalker

Intimacy Seekers

• This stalker makes up a fantasy believing that the victim and them were meant to be together.

• One third of stalkers classified as intimacy had a personality disorder.

Incompetent Suitors

• This stalker stalks the victim after being rejected in the hopes of changing the persons mind.

• Usually this stalker has poor social or dating skills

• This stalker picks a victim that they like and plans an attack on the victim by spying on them.

• This attack is usually of a sexual nature and is classified as the most dangerous.

Predatory Stalkers

Staking cat example

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzjgBAaWZw&feature=related

Who are the Stalkers

• Extreme jealousy and controlling behaviour.

• A belief that destiny led him/her to you so you belong to them in some way.

• Few close friendships and an over-dependence on you as a link to the world.

• Failure to accept responsibility for his/her own behaviour.

• Refusing to accept ‘NO’.

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Who is the victim• 4 out of 5 stalking victims are women.

• 50% of stalking victims were between the ages of 18 and 27.

• 59% of female victims report being stalked by a former intimate partner.

How do deal with stalking

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRrkUy9KJ48

How many stalking panthers did you find

• http://www.duhaime.org/LegalResources/CriminalLaw/LawArticle-95/Stalking.aspx• http://www.criminalsbehindbars.com/info/stalkingqna.html• http://www.fris.org/Sections/05-Stalking/5.01-Victims.html• http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?

bid=CBO9780511544088&cid=CBO9780511544088A015• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking#Types_of_stalkers• http://www.suite101.com/content/stalking-crime-a29393

• http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511544088&cid=CBO9780511544088A015

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking#Types_of_stalkers• http://www.suite101.com/content/stalking-crime-a29393

• I have my eyes on you

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