The media construction of stalking stereotypes

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 128-149

  Spitzberg, Brian H ^a,c   Cadiz, Michelle ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Leap Wireless International Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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