Understanding Intimate Partner Stalking

Book excerpt: 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.