Stalking refers to intrusive acts experienced on two or more occasions (according to most
definitions and legislation) which create apprehension and/or fear. Statistically, most victims …

Purpose Drawing on gender-role stereotypes and defensive attribution theory, the purpose
of this paper is to investigate the influence of perpetrator-victim sex, observer sex and …

Most studies of stalking are conducted with samples from individualist cultures. Little is
known about the phenomenon within collectivist cultures. The present study is arguably the …

Defensive attribution posits that victim blame results from one's underlying perception of
vulnerability. The resulting blame is believed to reduce perceived similarity to the victim and …

Purpose Few studies have explored the correlates of police responses to the crime of
stalking. The purpose of this paper is to examine the correlates of nine specific police …

Purpose While the gender of stalking victims and perpetrators may affect perceptions of
stalking, limited research has examined whether victim responses to stalking (ie ignoring or …

The present research employed a mixed-methods approach and quasi-experimental design
to examine perceptions and experiences of intrusive behavior (comprising 47 individual …

The sex of and prior relationship between the perpetrator and victim have been shown to
influence perceptions of stalking. To explore the ways in which shared assumptions around …

Stalking is a particular type of interpersonal aggression that is difficult to define because it
incorporates a range of unwanted behaviors over a protracted period of time that often …

Stalking is commonly perceived as a gendered crime, predominantly affecting women as
victims. However, males can also be victims of this crime. Research has found that men may …