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Stalking

Stalking is unwanted or repeated surveillance or contact by an individual or group toward another person. Stalking behaviors are interrelated to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them. The term stalking is used with some differing definitions in psychiatry and psychology, as well as in some legal…

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Stalking

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Edges132
Triples337
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.015038
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Stalking

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related to Further reading · 64
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related to United States · 26
Stalking → Act, Also, California, California Penal Code Section, DMV, DPPA, LAPD, LAPD Captain Robert Martin, Los Angeles Police Department, Motor Vehicles, Municipal Court Judge John, Orange County, Rebecca Schaeffer, Representative Ed Royce, Richard Farley, Saldana, Schaeffer, State Department, The, The DPPA
related to Russia · 21
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related to Taiwan · 18
Stalking → Anyone, Article, DPP, During, Harassment Prevention Act, However, In, In Taiwan, It, Legislative, Legislative Yuan, Modern Women's Foundation, New Taiwan Dollars, Paragraph, Stalking Prevention Act, Subparagraphs, Under, Violators
related to Types of victims · 18
Stalking → Among, Australia, Based, Casual, Certain, In, Most, Mullen, Pathé, Prior, Professional, Strangers, The, These, This, Victims, When, Workplace
related to Australia · 14
Stalking → Australian, Every Australian, Freckelton, In, Most Australian, Punishments, Queensland, Queensland's, South Australian, The, There, Unlike, US, Victoria
related to False claims of stalking, "gang stalking" and delusions of persecution · 14
Stalking → Another, Blaauw, Gang, In, Mullen, Netherlands, Of, Pathe, Purcell, Sheridan, The, They, This, UK
related to Gender · 13
Stalking → According, Although, As, Census Bureau, Department, Female, January, Justice, Males, Supplemental Victimization Survey, SVS, This, United States Department
related to England and Wales · 11
Stalking → According, Centre, England, In, March, Metropolitan Police Service, Psychological Medicine, The Crime Survey, The Fixated Threat Assessment, Wales, Younger
related to Cyberstalking · 10
Stalking → Alcohol, Amongst, Cyberstalking, In, In Davis, Lucks, Men, Ménard, Out, Pincus

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Stalkingis aattempt to force a personal connection and relationship on a victim0.90text
Stalkingis aseries of actions that occur over a period of time.Although stalking is illegal in most areas of the world0.90text
Stalkingis aextension of coercive control and is more likely if there was controlling behaviour or intimidation during the prior relationship.Psychological effects on victims91.50.90text
Stalkingis aform of mental assault0.90text
Stalkingis agender-neutral behavior0.90text
Stalkingis aset of persecutory delusions in which those affected believe they are being followed0.90text
Stalkingis aoffense under section 120a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice0.90text
sending a text is not usually illegalinstance ofan action0.80text
but is illegal when frequently repeated to an unwilling recipientinstance ofan action0.80text
domesticinstance ofThe study found that the Protection from Harassment Act is being used to deal with a variety of behaviour0.80text
inter-neighbour disputesinstance ofThe study found that the Protection from Harassment Act is being used to deal with a variety of behaviour0.80text
health care providersinstance ofCertain professions0.80text

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