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Informationen zum Autor Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan, PhD is Associate Professor of Criminology at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR. His research focuses on stalking behavior, sexual homicide, offender profiling, sexual offending, homicide, and Asian criminology. He is the author of several books and more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. Lorraine Sheridan, PhD is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and Associate Professor at Curtin University, Australia. The author of four books and numerous papers, she trains professionals involved in investigating stalking crimes and provides case management advice to police, security personnel, public figures, and others on stalking, harassment, violence, and risk and threat assessment. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword xv References xvii Introduction: Stalking Behavior in a Global Context 1 Heng Choon (Oliver) Chan and Lorraine Sheridan Introduction 1 The Approach Adopted in this Book 2 The Structure of the Book 3 Exploring the Global Phenomenon of Stalking Behavior from a Psycho¿Criminological Perspective 6 References 7 Part I: Theories and Research 9 1 Stalking and Cyberstalking Victimization Research: Taking Stock of Key Conceptual, Definitional, Prevalence, and Theoretical Issues 11 Erica R. Fissel, Bradford W. Reyns, and Bonnie S. Fisher Introduction 11 Conceptual and Definitional Issues-Stalking 13 Conceptual and Definitional Issues-Cyberstalking 15 Prevalence of Stalking and Cyberstalking Victimization 16 Theoretical Approaches Applied to Stalking and Cyberstalking Victimization 22 Multi¿Theoretical Frameworks 30 Future Directions for Research 31 References 32 2 Racial Differences in Stalking Victimization, Police Reporting, and Coping Strategies among White, Black, and Asian Americans 37 Fawn T. Ngo Introduction 37 Stalking Victimization 39 Racial Differences in Stalking Victimization 40 Racial Differences in Help¿Seeking Behaviors Among Stalking Victims 41 Data and Methods 42 Sample 42 Measures 44 Analytic Strategy 46 Results 46 Discussion and Conclusion 47 References 51 3 Ex¿Partner Stalking in Finland: Children as Knowing Agents in Parental Stalking 55 Merja Laitinen and Anna Nikupeteri Introduction 55 Finland as a Research Context for Ex¿Partner Stalking 57 Method 58 Dimensions of Children's Knowing Agency 60 Children's Various Knowing Agency 71 Conclusion 73 Acknowledgments 74 References 74 4 Unwanted Attention: A Survey on Cyberstalking Victimization 77 Majeed Khader and Stephanie Chan Introduction 77 Characteristics of Cyberspace 78 Defining Cyberstalking 79 Reviewing the Literature on Cyberstalking 79 Impact of Cyberstalking on Victims 80 Victims' Actions and Coping Efforts 81 Recent Developments in the Cyberstalking Landscape in Singapore 81 Three Surveys of Cyberstalking in Emergent Adults in Singapore 82 Methodology 83 General Discussion on Three Singapore Surveys 100 Study Limitations 102 Conclusion 102 Acknowledgments 103 References 103 Examples of Cyberstalking 108 Survey Questionnaire 109 5 Is there a "Best" Stalking Typology?: Parsing the Heterogeneity of Stalking and Stalkers in an Australian Sample 115 Troy E. McEwan and Michael R. Davis Introduction 115 Offense and Offender Classification Schemes 116 A Brief History of Stalking Classification Schemes 117 Which Typology to Use? 122 Aim and Approach of the Current Study 123 Method 123 Results 125 Discussion...
