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When victims have stalkers coming to their workplace, this poses a threat not only to the victims' safety but to the safety of other individuals as well. [14] Strangers: These victims are typically unaware of how their stalkers began stalking because typically these stalkers form a sense of admiration for their victims from a distance. [14]
A study from Australia and the United Kingdom by Lorraine Sheridan and David James [13] compared 128 self-defined victims of gang stalking with a randomly selected group of 128 self-declared victims of stalking by an individual. All 128 "victims" of gang stalking were judged to be delusional, compared with only 5 victims of individual stalking.
Some cyberstalking situations do evolve into physical stalking, and a victim may experience abusive and excessive phone calls, vandalism, threatening or obscene mail, trespassing, and physical assault. [34] Moreover, many physical stalkers will use cyberstalking as another method of harassing their victims. [36] [37]
Courts will be able to hand out protection orders even when individuals have been acquitted if sufficient evidence exists to indicate they pose a risk
In the 1980s, a serial killer who local media named the Night Stalker, terrorized cities across L.A. County. Police eventually identified this violent criminal as Richard Ramirez, a drifter from ...
Stalking victims to get right to know abuser's identity Jealous ex-partners who kill to get tougher sentences Victim-support cut to be devastating, charity says
Law professor Mary Anne Franks, whose focus is cyberbullying, wrote: "The court ignores the reality that many stalkers fervently believe that their actions are or should be welcomed by their victims; indeed, the court's holding means that the more delusional the stalker, the more the stalking is protected."
As Anna R. explained: "Without a blocking feature, like ones available on other social media sites, these stalkers are able to see where their 'prey' works, in which city they work, when they ...