Stalking in cyberspace

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-413

  Deirmenjian, John M ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MALE; OBSESSION; SAFETY; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SPEECH; THREAT;

AGGRESSION; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PUBLIC POLICY; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032869264     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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