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dc.contributor.authorPurcell, Rosemaryen
dc.contributor.authorMoller, Bridgeten
dc.contributor.authorMullen, Paul Een
dc.contributor.authorFlower, Teresaen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-30T22:58:16Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-30T22:58:16Zen
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.identifier.citation194 (5), May 2009en
dc.identifier.issn0007-1250en
dc.identifier.urihttps://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/12191en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherRoyal Medico-Psychological Associationen
dc.subjectStalkingen
dc.titleStalking among juvenilesen
dc.title.alternativeBritish journal of psychiatryen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.catalogid3014en
dc.subject.keywordVictoriaen
dc.subject.keywordnew_recorden
dc.subject.keywordJournal article/research paperen
dc.description.notesBackground:There is an almost total lack of empirical research on stalking among juveniles.<br/ ><br/ >Aims:To examine the characteristics, nature and impacts of stalking by juveniles.<br/ ><br/ >Results:A total of 299 juvenile stalkers were identified. The majority were male (64%) and their victims predominantly female (69%). Most pursued a previously known victim (98%), favouring direct means of contact via unwanted approaches (76%) and telephone calls or text messaging (67%). Threats (75%) and physical and sexual assaults (54%) were common. The contexts for juvenile stalking involved an extension of bullying (28%), retaliation for a perceived harm (22%), a reaction to rejection (22%), sexual predation (5%) and infatuation (2%).<br/ ><br/ >Conclusions:Juvenile stalking is characterised by direct, intense, overtly threatening and all too often violent forms of pursuit. The seriousness that is afforded to adult forms of stalking should similarly apply to this behaviour among juveniles given the even greater rates of disruption to the victim’s life and risks of being attacked.[?2009 The Royal College of Psychiatrists. All rights reserved. For further information, visit <a href="http://bjp.rcpsych.org/" target="_blank">BPsych link</a>.]en
dc.identifier.sourceBritish journal of psychiatryen
dc.date.entered2009-07-23en
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