A meta-analysis of 175 studies of stalking is reported in which descriptive estimates of
prevalence, sex differences, relationship origins, motives, threat and violence are provided …

When Louisa May Alcott penned A Long Fatal Love Chase-the first stalking novel ever
written-in 1866, perhaps her imagination was piqued by the thought that the study of stalking …

Awards and Praise for the first edition: Recipient of the 2006 International Association for
Relationship Research (IARR) Book Award" This text, as it presently stands, is THE go-to …

Article 34 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence
against Women and Domestic Violence obliges signatory states to criminalize stalking. This …

The rational choice perspective developed by Cornish and Clarke in 1986 provides
criminologists with a valuable and practical framework for purposes of crime control and …

Accurate measurement of stalking has proven difficult, partly because stalking is
characterised by the cumulative effects of a pattern of behaviour. This study aimed to …

This study investigated gender differences in the perpetration of stalking violence and how
sociocultural beliefs may account for these differences/similarities. A sample of 293 …

Research in the United Kingdom and Australia has produced inconsistent findings regarding
the influence of the prior relationship between the perpetrator and the target on perceptions …

Research has consistently found that more women worry about their personal safety and
feel vulnerable to most every crime compared with men suggesting there is a gender fear …

The longer stalking persists, the more damaging its effects. Despite this, little research has
explored factors associated with stalking persistence, making it difficult to drive strategies …