It is estimated that a quarter of all women will be stalked in their lifetime. Stalkers put their victims in danger of losing their jobs, their support system, even their lives; and subject them to dangerously high levels of fear and stress. This book examines the multiple aspects of partner stalking from the victim's perspective. Female survivors share their personal stories of partner stalking, and the authors provide an extensive look at the latest stalking research providing readers with the new most relevant implications for practice and future research.

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Describes the experience of intimate partner stalking, as it occurs over time. The study had six objectives: (1) Describe the stalking behaviors the participants experienced over the course of the study; (2) Describe participants¿ stalking-related experiences in terms of perceived safety and stalking-related distress; (3) Describe participants¿ physical and mental health status over the course of the study; (4) Describe the relationships among these experiences and their relationship to stalking behavior over time; (5) Describe the extent of participants¿ contacts with criminal justice and victim assistance sources over the course of the study; (6) Describe the relationships between stalking and contacts with criminal justice and victim assistance sources. Illus.

IF YOU ARE TIRED OF BEING STALKED OR PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY YOUR PARTNER OR EX-PARTNER, HERE ARE 7 REASONS YOU SHOULD READ STALKER POISON IMMEDIATELY!#1 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVORS EDITED THIS BOOK - We actively sought and recruited several editors who had firsthand experience with intimate partner violence (IPV) or indirectly through family members as they grew up, all of whom were Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in their own right. Additionally, we were able to find several editors who have helped a victim close to them escape a violent situation. By doing so, these editors became our SMEs. #2 - CRITICAL EDITS BY ATTORNEYS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELORS, AND VICTIM ADVOCATES -We recruited SMEs who have professional experience working with victims of IPV, including those with experience as attorneys, rape crisis and domestic violence counselors, victim advocates, and women's shelter workers. This array of multicultural experts provided this book with an authentic and broad perspective on how IPV and stalking impact the lives of survivors and how these issues can be faced and overcome. #3 - CRITICAL REVIEW BY COMPUTER EXPERTS -In Stalker Poison, we review cyberstalking and prevention strategies. Three computer experts from around the globe were hired to review our discussion of cyberstalking as an issue, the remedy, and investigation procedures. Their input strengthened our recommendations and made difficult concepts easier for you to read.#4 - STRICT FOCUS ON SAFETY PLANNING - The majority of books on stalking deal mainly with news stories, the psychological profile of stalkers, and the different methods of stalking. While this information is interesting, there is a void readers experience--they still don't know how to handle their situation and the options that are available. #5 - STRICT FOCUS ON DANGEROUS EX PARTNERS - In this book, we need to acknowledge that stalking behavior stops when the stalker is incapacitated, either through imprisonment, physical limitation, death, or a change of a target. If none of these options are present, we must deal with the stalker. Taking it up a notch, this book is specifically about dealing with a stalker who is planning to kill or severely injure you. Obviously, we don't know what a stalker is thinking, but fortunately, this book will explore behavior consistent with him harming you or others.#6 - STRICT FOCUS ON INTIMATE PARTNER STALKING - This book was written specifically for those of you who were or are in an intimate relationship with your stalker--or, at the very least, have had a first date--and as a result of the discontinuance of the relationship, you became the victim of stalking or intimate partner violence. #7 - THE AUTHOR IS ACTIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO TRAINS PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS - As a veteran law enforcement officer, Shaun Sundahl has investigated hundreds of stalking and domestic violence cases. With every case Shaun investigates, something new is to be learned and he passes on his knowledge to his reader. Being a private investigator helps readers, because private investigators must be experts at public record searches and be an expert at finding people. As a private investigator, Shaun can explain how stalkers get your information and he provides plans on how you can delay (or keep) stalkers from finding you.

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 text for stalking researchers. That is my opinion and the opinion of multiple fellow scholars I know in the field. It rarely sits on my shelf, but rather is a constant reference on my desk. I can always count on these authors to have done an extensive review of literature. I thought I was thorough, but they are always providing me with new references." --Dr. H. Colleen Sinclair, Associate Professor of Psychology, Mississippi State University "Cupach and Spitzberg provide the reader with a multidisciplinary framework for understanding the nature and impact of unwanted relationship pursuits. This book is an excellent resource for students and professionals alike who seek to gain knowledge about unwanted relational pursuits and stalking." —Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy The Dark Side of Relationship Pursuit provides historical and definitional frames for studying unwanted relationship pursuit, and considers the role of the media, law, and social science research in shaping today’s conceptualizations of stalking. The volume integrates research from diverse contributing fields and disciplines, providing a thorough summary and assessment of current knowledge on stalking and obsessive pursuit. Building on the foundation of the award-winning first edition, this revision considers assessment issues, offers an expanded analysis of the meta-analysis data set, and includes coverage of intercultural and international factors. As an increasing number of scholarly disciplines and professional fields study stalking and other forms of obsessive relationship pursuit, this book is a must-have resource for examining interpersonal conflict, social and personal relationships, domestic violence, unrequited love, divorce and relational dissolution, and harassment. It also has much to offer researchers, counselors, and professionals in psychology, counseling, criminal justice, sociology, psychiatry, forensic evaluation, threat assessment, and law enforcement.

This volume provides new perspectives on the prevalence, causes, and effects of stalking in intimate and non-intimate relations. Covering a wide range of topics from offender profiling, the dangers of stalking, cyberstalking, traumatic health effects, and the responses of the police and courts to stalking, this book will be relevant to a wide range of professionals and students in the fields of mental health, criminal justice, law, social work, medicine, nursing, public health, security/safety, and Internet technology.

Robert Simon's Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream: A Forensic Psychiatrist Illuminates the Darker Side of Human Behavior is that rare title that is both essential reading for the mental health professional and accessible in style and content to the fascinated lay reader. In twelve powerful and provocative chapters, the author introduces readers to a psychological perspective on evil, character and destiny, as well as the making of good men and women. Simon also illuminates the psychology of psychopaths, serial killers, rapists and all manner of evil characters who appall and challenge us by their very existence. He rejects the common belief that his subjects are "monsters" with nothing in common with the more "normal" among us. Simon posits that if we deny our dark side, it can only obscure our understanding of violent offenders and impede our ability to both know ourselves and control our own, at times, unacceptable impulses. The author is among the foremost experts in forensic psychiatry. He is Director of the Program in Psychiatry and Law at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Author or co-author of more than two dozen books and editions, including the foundational Textbook of Forensic Psychiatry, Simon has made important contributions to the field of forensic psychiatry for more than 30 years. He is also an eloquent writer with a dramatic, yet nuanced, narrative style that takes the reader inside the mind of the evildoer. The first edition of this groundbreaking work garnered uniformly superlative reviews and was translated into several languages. This updated version retains Simon's engrossing portrayals and keen insight, while offering a number of key enhancements. The highlights include: Explorations of the Internet and violence, "corporate" psychopaths, cyberstalkers, perpetrators of school violence, and a new cast of serial killers, terrorists, and other evildoers. A psychological perspective on evil, serial killers, and us. Updates on the neuroscience and genetics of deviant behaviors. Reflections on empathy, character, and destiny: the making of good men and women. A new foreword by Thomas G. Gutheil, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Founder, Program in Psychiatry and the Law at Harvard Medical School, that illuminates Simon's thesis and grounds it in historical context. Graphic but never sensational, unsparing but never cold, Simon's writing transcends the theoretical and achieves that most difficult of aims: leading readers to discover, contain, and transform the darkness within us all, to the betterment of our human condition.

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Stalking is defined as a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. The Supplemental Victimization Survey identified seven types of harassing or unwanted behaviors consistent with a course of conduct experienced by stalking victims. The survey classified individuals as stalking victims if they responded that they experienced at least one of these behaviors on at least two separate occasions. In addition, the individuals must have feared for their safety or that of a family member as a result of the course of conduct, or have experienced additional threatening behaviors that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear. This report presents information on stalking victimization. Illustrations.