Criminalizing Attractions: Perceptions of Stalking and the Stalker

Autor/inn/en	Kinkade, Patrick; Burns, Ronald; Fuentes, Angel Ilarraza
Titel	Criminalizing Attractions: Perceptions of Stalking and the Stalker
Quelle	In: Crime & Delinquency, 51 (2005) 1, S.3-25 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0011-1287
DOI	10.1177/0011128703262462
Schlagwörter	Public Opinion; News Reporting; Criminals; Crime Prevention; Definitions; Antisocial Behavior; Individual Characteristics; Victims of Crime; Popular Culture; Racial Differences; Age Differences; Socioeconomic Influences; Gender Differences; Fear + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Öffentliche Meinung; News report; Reportage; Straftäter; Begriffsbestimmung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Popkultur; Rassenunterschied; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Geschlechterkonflikt; Furcht
Abstract	In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the conceptualization of the predatory stalker came to the forefront of the criminal concerns imagined by the American public. With this growing public concern and the associated media coverage, legislation designed to enhance punishments against those who might stalk became a political asset and a significant plank for reelection campaigns. Adequate definition for the phenomena, however, has yet to be established, and idiosyncratic application of the law at the policing level remains a problem. This study works toward providing a better definition of the problem from the public's perspective. Variables significant to the definition of the problem were identified and used in survey work to assess their importance in the individual's interpretation of the stalking label. Several of these variables are significantly tied to the individual's willingness to ascribe a stalking label to a given behavioral transaction. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10