Designing anti-stalking legislation on the basis of victims’ experiences and psychopathology

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 136-145

  Blaauw, Eric ^a   Winkel, Frans Willem ^a   Sheridan, Lorraine ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; REVIEW; STALKING;

EID: 0036943219     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: 19341687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.2002.9.2.136     Document Type: Article

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