Stalking
A Close Look at Stalking
Mary Lolo
Abstract
Stalking is a lot more serious than people realize. It happens more often than people realize as well. Anyone can be a victim of stalking. Stalking affects three point four million people a year. Majority of stalking happen to women, but it still does happen to men. It is more common for the men to do the stalking on women. There are a number of reasons why a certain individual may choose to stalk another. Stalkers usually fall into two categories: psychotic and nonpsychotic. The majority are nonpsychotic but they usually suffer from a couple of minor disorders. Some victims are left unharmed, but sadly, in some cases, the results aren’t always the best.
Stalking is illegal in all fifty states. With that being said, that still does not stop certain individuals from stalking another human being. We often hear about stalking happening to celebrities, but they certainly aren’t the only ones being stalked. Stalking happens a lot more than people may realize. According to the National Center that helps victims with abuse, Safe Horizon, “each year, an estimated three point four million men and women become victims of stalking”. That is an extremeley large number to process, and may even make one a little terrified to think about. To define stalking, the U.S. Department of Justice quoted it as “a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harrassment, contact, or any other coure of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear”. To sum that up, stalking is basically any kind of unwanted behavior given from one person to the other. It may seem innocent enough, but it is way more than that, especially in certain cases. Stalking a person can mean quite a few different things. There are many ways that an individual can stalk another individual. The person doing the
Mary Lolo
Abstract
Stalking is a lot more serious than people realize. It happens more often than people realize as well. Anyone can be a victim of stalking. Stalking affects three point four million people a year. Majority of stalking happen to women, but it still does happen to men. It is more common for the men to do the stalking on women. There are a number of reasons why a certain individual may choose to stalk another. Stalkers usually fall into two categories: psychotic and nonpsychotic. The majority are nonpsychotic but they usually suffer from a couple of minor disorders. Some victims are left unharmed, but sadly, in some cases, the results aren’t always the best.
Stalking is illegal in all fifty states. With that being said, that still does not stop certain individuals from stalking another human being. We often hear about stalking happening to celebrities, but they certainly aren’t the only ones being stalked. Stalking happens a lot more than people may realize. According to the National Center that helps victims with abuse, Safe Horizon, “each year, an estimated three point four million men and women become victims of stalking”. That is an extremeley large number to process, and may even make one a little terrified to think about. To define stalking, the U.S. Department of Justice quoted it as “a pattern of repeated and unwanted attention, harrassment, contact, or any other coure of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear”. To sum that up, stalking is basically any kind of unwanted behavior given from one person to the other. It may seem innocent enough, but it is way more than that, especially in certain cases. Stalking a person can mean quite a few different things. There are many ways that an individual can stalk another individual. The person doing the
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