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Cyberstalking: Harassment in the Internet Age and how to Protect Your Family. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-98118-5; Ellison, Louise; Akdeniz, Yaman. "Cyber-stalking: the Regulation of Harassment on the Internet" Criminal Law Review. December 1998 Special Edition: Crime, Criminal Justice and the Internet. pp. 29–48. Meloy, J. (2000).
Cyberstalking is a crime in which someone harasses or stalks a victim using electronic or digital means, such as social media, email, instant messaging (IM), or messages posted to a discussion group or forum. ... The terms cyberstalking and cyberbullying are often used interchangeably.
Currently, there are 45 cyberstalking (and related) laws on the books. While some sites specialize in laws that protect victims age 18 and under, Working to Halt Online Abuse is a help resource containing a list of current and pending cyberstalking–related United States federal and state laws. [88]
In addition, the male participants revealed the opposite, 16% were overt stalkers while 11% were cyberstalkers. Alcohol and physical abuse both played a role in predicting women's cyberstalking and in men, "preoccupied attachment significantly predicted cyber stalking" while the victims were likely to have an "avoidant attachment". [33]
Online child abuse is a unique form of child abuse also known as “Cyber Molestation” due to its virtual, distanced, and anonymous nature. Such abuse may not happen face-to-face, nor does it necessarily require physical contact.
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While some sites specialize in laws that protect victims age 18 and under, Working to Halt Online Abuse is a help resource listing current and pending cyberstalking-related United States federal and state laws. [23] It also lists those states that do not have laws yet and related laws from other countries.
The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C; Hindi: भारतीय साइबर अपराध समन्वय केंद्र) is a government initiative to deal with cybercrime in India, in a coordinated and effective manner.