Complaints of group-stalking (‘gang-stalking’): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants
@article{Sheridan2015ComplaintsOG, title={Complaints of group-stalking (‘gang-stalking’): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants}, author={L. Sheridan and D. James}, journal={The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology}, year={2015}, volume={26}, pages={601 - 623} }
Stalking primarily concerns the actions of individuals. However, some victims report stalking by organised groups, this being known as ‘group-’ or ‘gang-stalking’. This phenomenon has not been subject to systematic study. An anonymous questionnaire was completed online by self-defined victims of stalking. One thousand and forty respondents met research definitions for stalking, of which 128 (12.3%) reported group-stalking. One hundred and twenty-eight individually stalked cases were randomly… CONTINUE READING
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