The Criminalisation of Stalking

Download or read book The Criminalisation of Stalking written by Emily Finch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stalking has been described as psychological rape, the crime of the nineties, a celebrity problem and a media-created moral panic. However, no satisfactory definition exists and the challenges which stalking poses to both the legal system and society have yet to be subjected to rigorous academic evaluation. This book aims to redress this situation by drawing upon a range of methodologies to present both a thorough and comprehensive examination of the way in which stalking became perceived as a pressing and prevalent social problem in need of legal intervention, and a critical evaluation of the efficacy and sufficiency of the legal responses.