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Stalkning – olaga förföljelse
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work. Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science (CFBS) vid Swinburne University of Technology i Melbourne, Australien. (CAPS - Centre for Criminological And PsychoSocial research)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8285-0935
2019 (Swedish)In: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift, ISSN 0037-833X, E-ISSN 2000-4192, Vol. 96, no 4, p. 528-540Article in journal (Other academic) Published
Abstract [sv]

Stalkning, att vara förföljd av någon som orsakar rädsla eller oro, förekommer hos 9 procent - 20 procent av befolkningen i engelsktalande länder, där ungefär hälften av stalkarna är en före detta partner och den andra hälften en bekant eller en främling. En typologi utifrån stalkarens motiv kan vara användbar för att få en bättre förståelse för varför stalkningen pågår och därigenom bättre kunna hjälpa både stalkare och utsatta att hantera situationen. De som utsätts för stalkning rapporterar om en låg livskvalitet och en hög grad av psykisk ohälsa till följd av stalkningen. De utvecklar olika strategier att hantera stalkningssituationen där de positiva strategierna ger de utsatta en känsla av kontroll medan de negativa strategierna mest troligt leder till isolering och ger stalkaren större kontroll över deras liv. Den som blir stalkad bör säga nej till all form av kontakt med stalkaren, dokumentera händelserna som de blir utsatta för och kommunicera sin utsatthet för någon i sin närhet samt anmäla brott till polisen.

Abstract [en]

The lifetime prevalence of stalking, defined as ‘a course of conduct that causes fear or concern for safety’, was found to be 9 percent - 20 percent in English-speaking countries, where around half of the stalkers were an exintimate partner and the other half were acquaintances or strangers. A typology of stalking can be used to classify stalkers and their motives in order to better understand the stalkers and their behaviours, which can help both stalkers and their victims to better cope with the situation.

Victims of stalking reports low levels of quality of life as well as a high degree of psychological problems. In order to avoid the stalker, victims employ different coping strategies, where the positive coping strategies gives the victims a feeling of taking back the control and the negative coping strategies will most likely isolate the victim as well as make the situation worse. To handle being a victim of stalking the victim should say no to contact with the stalker, document incidents and report the stalking to both people in their network as well as to the police.

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Stockholm: Socialmedicinsk tidskrift , 2019. Vol. 96, no 4, p. 528-540
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-79693OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-79693DiVA, id: diva2:1390765
Available from: 2020-02-03 Created: 2020-02-03 Last updated: 2024-09-04Bibliographically approved

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