Stalking is defined as repeated and persistent unwanted communications, approaches and intrusions into someone’s life, into their privacy, and there are many levels to it. It can a form of mental assault.

In this video Darren Magee looks at the different kinds of stalker, (rejected, resentful, incompetent, intimacy seeker and predator) as well as the difference between when the stalker is stranger and someone you know, such as an ex partner. Looking also at the impact being stalked can have on victims.

00:00 Intro
0:38 What is stalking?
02:04 The dark side of stalking
02.45 Social Media
03:01 The stranger
03:59 Partner/ex partner
05:17 What kind of person stalks others?
06:40 Stalker Subtypes
07:00 Rejected Stalker
08:11 Incompetent Stalker
08:48 Intimacy Seeker
09:13 Predator Stalker
10:04 Resentful Stalker
11:11 Personality traits
11:34 The affects of being stalked

Research:
https://www.marshall.edu/wcenter/stal...
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1...
Mullen PE, Path M, Purcell R (2000), Stalkers and Their Victims. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press.
Path M, Mullen PE (1997), The impact of stalkers on their victims. Br J Psychiatry 170:12-17.

Useful Contacts:
https://www.gov.uk/report-stalker
https://www.womensaid.org.uk/informat...
https://victimconnect.org/learn/types...

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