A Study of Women Who Stalk

Purcell, Rosemary; Pathé, Michele; Mullen, Paul E.

doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.158.12.2056

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“…The limited number of studies that addressed gender differences tend to report few differences with respect to the variables discussed in this study. For example, female stalkers are less likely to have a history of criminal offenses than male stalkers, but male and female stalkers are equally likely to have personality disorders (Purcell, Pathé, & Mullen, 2001). Further, the positive associations between stalking perpetration and borderline traits (Lewis et al, 2001), obsessive thoughts about the ex-partner (Davis et al, 2000), anxious attachment (Davis et al, 2000;Dye & Davis, 2003;Lewis et al, 2001), and being the recipient of the breakup (Dye & Davis, 2003) have been found to be similar for men and women.…”

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Unwanted Pursuit Behavior After Breakup: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Gender Differences

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This study investigated unwanted pursuit behavior (UPB) perpetration in 631 adult expartners. UPB involves the unwanted pursuit of intimacy, a widespread and usually less severe form of stalking. The occurrence and various risk factors of UPB perpetration were examined, accounting for differences between male and female ex-partners and same-and opposite-gender ex-partners. Ex-partners showed on average five to six UPBs after their separation. Male and female and same-and opposite-gender ex-partners displayed an equal number of UPBs. The number of perpetrated UPBs was explained by breakup characteristics (ex-partner initiation of the breakup and rumination or cognitive preoccupation with the expartner), relationship characteristics (anxious attachment in the former relationship), and individual perpetrator characteristics (borderline traits and past delinquent behaviors).Rumination was a stronger predictor in female than male ex-partners. Borderline traits and anxious attachment positively predicted UPB perpetration in opposite-gender but not in samegender ex-partners. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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Unwanted Pursuit Behavior After Breakup: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Gender Differences

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“…[8][9][10][11][12] This is a constant in the scientific literature, even if stalking is not considered a gender-specific behavior. 1 The most common type of stalker is the ex-partner who refuses to accept that the relationship is at an end, 13 but the percentage of women harassers of their ex-partner seems to be markedly lower than that of their male counterparts. In a study based on the data of the "National Violence against Women Survey" of 1998, representing the adult US population, Slashinski et al 14 calculated that only 1.6% of males had suffered stalking by their female ex-partner.…”

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“…1,19 In particular, in a study by Purcell et al, 1 that lasted 8 years (1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000) and was conducted in a sample of 190 stalkers at a community forensic mental health clinic specializing in the assessment and treatment of stalkers and their victims, 21% of the stalkers were women.…”

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“…According to Purcell et al, 1 in 95% of cases, a female stalker's victim is a person she knows, and in 40% of cases someone she met in their professional capacity. In contrast, in the later study conducted by Meloy and Boyd, 2 the percentage of female stalkers of a known victim was less than 50%.…”

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“…The aim of this review was to study female stalking, a phenomenon that is less common among women than men, [1][2][3] and often considered less dangerous in the law courts. Particular attention is paid to the prevalence of this crime, gender differences in the manifestations and expression of violence, as well as correlations with mental disorders.…”

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Female stalking: a systematic review

Carabellese¹,

Tegola²,

Alfarano³

et al. 2012

RRFMS

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Abstract:The aim of this review was to study "female stalking" and specific traits characterizing this phenomenon. The main medical databases were searched for studies conducted in clinical populations, case series, reports, reviews, retrospective studies, and original articles. We highlight a variety of different tactics adopted by female stalkers and their lesser propensity to progress to physical violence. Female stalkers are more frequently affected by erotomania, although this condition generally increases the risk of violence. If there was a previously intimate relationship between the stalker and her victim, this increases the risk of violence. In a significant proportion of female stalkers, the behavior is carried out in the occupational setting, especially in the field of psychotherapy, where the male-female ratio is reversed. No significant differences emerged between the motivations of heterosexual or homosexual stalkers. In the category of crimes of harassment committed by women, stalking seems to be among the most prominent.

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Stalking

Meloy

2009

Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science

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Stalking is an old behavior, but a new crime. It is composed of three elements: a pattern of unwanted following or harassment; a credible threat; and the induction of fear in the victim. Females are targeted in 80% of the cases, and 8–32% of adult women will be stalked at some point in their lives. About half of stalking cases involve prior sexual intimates, and one third of stalkers will be physically violent toward the object of their pursuit during the period of stalking, which averages two years. Stalking is a serious criminal and public health problem.

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A Study of Women Who Stalk

Cited by 126 publications

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Unwanted Pursuit Behavior After Breakup: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Gender Differences

Unwanted Pursuit Behavior After Breakup: Occurrence, Risk Factors, and Gender Differences

Female stalking: a systematic review

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