The epidemiology and characteristics of stalking

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-399

  Dressing, Harald ^a,b   Kuehner, Christine ^a   Gass, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intimate partner violence; Risk assessment; Stalking; Victim

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STALKING; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL HARASSMENT;

EID: 33748262240     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000228760.95237.f5     Document Type: Review

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