Stalking : psychiatric perspectives and practical approaches / Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Committee on Psychiatry and the Law ; edited by Debra A. Pinals.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pinals, Debra A.

Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. Committee on Psychiatry and Law.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stalking--Psychological aspects.

Stalking.

Social Behavior Disorders.

Crime Victims--legislation & jurisprudence.

Medical Subjects:

Social Behavior Disorders.

Crime Victims--legislation & jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

xix, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Over the last two decades, stalking has received increasingly widespread attention. The establishment of anti-stalking legislation has helped to spur interest in stalking research and the forensic assessment of stalkers. Popular representations of stalking have made the public more aware ofthis phenomenon. It has long been the responsibility of mental health professionals to provide assessments of and treatment for stalkers and their victims, and as criminal cases involving defendants charged with stalking become more common, it is now also the responsibility of legal professionals tobe knowledgeable about psychiatric aspects of stalking behavior and the risks that so often must be minimized through legal action or a combination of clinical and legal interventions. This volume provides a thorough overview of current scientific and clinical research about stalking, along withpractical guidance and original commentary from the Psychiatry and the Law Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, an organization recognized for its contributions to mental health literature. In addition to covering the most widely discussed scientific topics related to stalking,including classification of stalking behaviors, risk assessment and risk management of stalkers, and the stalking experience from the perspective of victims, this book examines celebrity and special target stalking, cyberstalking, forensic assessment, and juvenile and adolescent stalking. iStalking:Psychiatric Perspectives and Practical Approaches/i provides a novel and comprehensive contribution to a field in need of an up-to-date text, written from the vantage point of forensic psychiatrists who encounter stalkers and their victims in their distinct roles as treatment providers and forensicevaluators. The prism of stalking and the risks involved continue to fascinate and frighten. In pursuit of rounded coverage, the authors have incorporated findings from numerous studies and analyzed these findings from several theoretical perspectives. Every chapter has been written from the vantagepoint of a committee of nationally recognized forensic psychiatrists who offer their perspectives on this fascinating but complex topic. Mental health professionals, members of the judiciary, law enforcement professionals, media personnel, and the public will no doubt find this text to be aninformative and useful resource.

Contents:

Part I Introduction

1 Stalking: Introduction, Definition, and Epidemiology / Debbie Giorgi-Guarnieri, Michael A. Norko 3

Part II Clinical Aspects of Stalking

2 Stalking: Classification and Typology / Debra A. Pinals 27

3 Stalking Risk Assessment / Phillip J. Resnick 61

4 Risk Management of Stalking / James Knoll 85

5 Stalking: Perspectives on Victims and Management / Alan W. Newman, Kenneth L. Appelbaum 107

Part III Stalking and the Law

6 Trends in Antistalking Legislation / David J. Kapley, John R. Cooke 141

7 Stalking, Competence to Stand Trial, and Criminal Responsibility / Douglas Mossman 164

Part IV Special Issues

8 Juvenile Aspects of Stalking / Charles L. Scott, Peter Ash, Todd Elwyn 195

9 Cyberstalking / Graham D. Glancy, Alan W. Newman, Mordecai N. Potash, John Tennison 212

10 Celebrity and Presidential Targets / Robert T. M. Phillips 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195189841

9780195189841

OCLC:

76967231