Stalking and Psychosexual Obsession
Psychological Perspectives for Prevention, Policing and Treatment

Julian Boon (Edited by), J Boon (Author), Lorraine Sheridan (Edited by)

9780471494591, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 19 April 2002

272 pages
23 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.454 kg

"...highly recommended..." (Sexual & RelationshipTherapy, Vol.17, No.4, 2002)

"...an excellent collection of chapters...will prove ofequal value to academics, practitioners and policy makers..."(The Psychologist, July 2003)

"...It is clearly one of the better single sources of exposureto the stalking phenomenon currently available." (Applied CognitivePsychology, No.17, 2003)

"...gives advice on how to cope..." (TheTimes, T2; 5 August 2004)

Der erste umfassende Überblick über aktuelle Gedanken, Ideen, Forschungsinitiativen und Praxiserfahrung zum Thema Stalking.

In einem einzigen handlichen Band.

Erörtert werden u.a. folgende Themen: Viktimologie, Bewertung des Gewaltrisikos, therapeutische Intervention, Beweismittelsicherung sowie Case Management Fragen.

Stellt ein neues Stalker-Klassifikationssystem vor, das je nach Stalker-Typ verschiedene Interventionsstrategien vorsieht.

Mit Beiträgen internationaler Experten aus verschiedenen Fachgebieten, z.B. aus Psychologie und Psychiatrie, aus Polizei und Justiz.

Introduction (Boon and Sheridan)

The victim of stalking (Pathe and Mullen)

The psychological consequences of stalking victimisation (Blaauw etal)

I was trying to let him down easy (de Becker)

Police care and support for victims of stalking (Copson andMarshall)

Stalker typologies: Implications for law enforcement (Sheridan andBoon)

From domestic violence to stalking: the infinite cycle of violence(Baldry)

Stalking and violence (Reid Meloy)

Approaches to treatment (Badcock)

Managing stalkers: Coordinating treatment and supervision (Kropp etal)

Erotomania in women (Fitzgerald and Seeman)

The phenomenon of stalking in childrena and adolescents(McCann)

Cyberstalking (Burgess and Baker)

Stalking and the Law (Infield)

Conclusions (Sheridan and Boon)

Subject Areas: Psychology [JM]