“Stalking to be made specific criminal offence” – Cameron. According to Section 39 of Criminal Justice Act 1988‚ it has given that common assault and battery shall be summary offences and a person guilty of either of them shall be liable to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale‚ to imprisonment for a term of not exceeding six month or to both. Stalking is an action directed at a specific person that would make a reasonable man to feel threaten and can be charged under assault. It is
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The first step in studying a phenomenon such as stalking is to con¬duct descriptive and correlational studies that provide information on how and why stalking occurs. Another important area of study is the analysis of antecedents‚ or early signs of stalking‚ that might be used to pre¬dict the behavior in specific situations or in certain individuals. In this con¬text‚ early signs of stalking constitute either of the following: (a) problem behaviors in the social relationships of children or adolescents
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evaluate psychological definitions of abnormal behavior According to the science of psychology one’s behavior needs to follow a certain criteria in order to be deemed “normal”. If one’s behavior does not match the criteria‚ their behavior is seen as undesirable and wrong (requires change). For this physiologists need to be able to view a person’s behavior and be able to tell the difference between normal and abnormal. Whilst defining the “normality” of ones behavior physiologists need to be careful
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faces from the digital age is cyber-stalking and cyber-harassment. The crime is not new but the tools‚ anonymity and ability to expand the reach to operate was brought by the digital age. There is a shift in society that disengages a person from their actions and the consequence. Social media has been a breeding ground of misconduct‚ where people feed off each other creating a mob mentality. The disengagement of their actions allows them to justify their behavior and as one convicted cyber-stalker
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post-stalking develop physical issues that often affects their health. Many victims are such entangled in fear that they develop disorders such as eating disorders. According to the impact of stalking video one of the victims the victims interviewed explained that people will call her concerned about the victim being able to eat. The victim explained that after being stalked she was unable to eat and was unable to sleep. Which leads to insomnia being another physical issue developed by stalking victims
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Research Critique Introduction The main purpose of the article Stalking and Age; is to look at the three different age groups when it comes to stalking. Younger stalkers are considered 16 years or younger‚ adult stalkers are considered 17 to 59 years‚ and older stalkers are 60 and over. There are differences that can appear to have implications for investigation‚ intervention‚ risk assessment‚ and management. In this article there is original research that was conducted. An exploratory approach
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Stalking is a repeated unwanted pattern‚ harrasment‚ or contact that would cause a reasoanable person to fear. There are five forms of stalking they are rejected‚ resentful‚ intimacy‚ incompetant‚ and predatory stalking. Rejected stalking arises after the breakdown of a close relationship. Resentful stalking arises when the stalker feels as though they have been mistreated or humiliated. Intimacy seeking stalking arises from loneliness targets desire for relationship. Incompetant stalking is similar
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Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior‚ emotion and thought‚ which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder. The science of abnormal psychology studies two types of behaviors: Adaptive and Maladaptive behaviors. Clinical psychology is the applied field of psychology that seeks to assess‚ understand and treat psychological conditions in clinical practice. The theoretical field known as ‘abnormal psychology’ may form a backdrop
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relation to the development of abnormal behavior. Use Aaron T. Beck and Albert Ellis as theorists for reference. If you believe the saying ’Perception is everything‚’ then you may well be a cognitivist. According to the cognitive perspective‚ people engage in abnormal behavior because of particular thoughts and behaviors that are often based upon their false assumptions. Cognitives believe that without these thought processes‚ we could have no emotions and no behavior and would therefore not function
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Major Abnormal Behavior Theories of Psychology Luciano Lara PSY 303 William Ross‚ Ph.D. July 13‚ 2009 Major Abnormal Behavior Theories of Psychology Abnormal behavior has been witnessed by humans throughout the age of modern man. From the pre-industrialized societies of the past that correlated abnormal behavior to evil spirits and supernatural and magical forces to be cast out by spiritual healers or magician with magical spells and holy ritualistic incantations‚ to the purveyors of
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