Stalkers and harassers of royalty: The role of mental illness and motivation

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1479-1490

  James, D V ^a   Mullen, P E ^b,e   Pathe M T ^c   Meloy, J R ^d   Preston, L F ^a   Darnley, B ^a   Farnham, F R ^a  

^a North London Forensic Service   (United Kingdom)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Threat Management Centre   (Australia)

^d Forensis Inc   (United States)

^e Thomas Embling Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Harassment; Public figures; Stalking; Threat assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR; DELUSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STALKING; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DELUSIONS; ENGLAND; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STALKING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 69549120163     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005443     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. A Constant Observer (1823). Sketches in Bedlam : or, Characteristic Traits of Insanity, as Displayed in the Cases of One Hundred and Forty Patients of Both Sexes, Now or Recently Confined in New Bethlem. Sherwood, Jones & Co.: London.
2. Biesterfeld J, Meloy JR (2008). The public figure assassin as terrorist. In Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures : A Psychological and Behavioral Analysis (ed. J. R. Meloy, L. Sheridan and J. Hoffmann), pp. 143-162. Oxford University Press : New York.
3. Cohen J (1992). A power primer. Psychological Bulletin 112, 155-159.
4. Fein RA & Vossekuil B (1998). Preventing attacks on public officials and public figures : a Secret Service perspective. In The Psychology of Stalking (ed. J. R. Meloy), pp. 176-191. Academic Press : San Diego.
5. Hansard (2007). House of Commons Daily Debates, 25 June 2007: column 302W. The Stationery Office: London (http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ cm200607/ cmhansrd/cm070625/text/70625w0068.htm). Accessed 18 September 2008.
6. James DV, Mullen PE, Meloy JR, Pathé MT, Farnham FR, Preston LF, Darnley B (2007). The role of mental disorder in attacks on European politicians 1990-2004. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 116, 334-344.
7. James DV, Mullen PE, Meloy JR, Pathé MT, Farnham FR, Preston LF, Darnley B (2008). Attacks on the British Royal Family: the role of psychotic illness. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 36, 59-67.
8. Lowney KS, Best J (1995). Stalking strangers and lovers : changing media typifications of a new crime problem. In Images of Issues : Typifying Contemporary Social Problems (ed. J. Best), pp. 33-57. Aldine De Gruyter : New York.
9. Meloy JR, James DV, Farnham FR, Mullen PE, Pathé MT, Darnley B, Preston L (2004). A research review of public figure threats, approaches, attacks, and assassinations in the United States. Journal of Forensic Sciences 49, 1086-1093. (Pubitemid 39166711)
10. Meloy JR, Mohandie K, Green M (2008a). A forensic examination of those who stalk celebrities. In Stalking, Threatening and Attacking Public Figures (ed. J. R. Meloy, L. Sheridan and J. Hoffmann), pp. 37-54. Oxford University Press : New York.
11. Meloy JR, Sheridan L, Hoffmann J (2008b). Stalking, Threatening and Attacking Public Figures : A Psychological and Behavioral Analysis. Oxford University Press : New York.
12. Mullen PE, James DV, Meloy JR, Pathé MT, Farnham FR, Preston L, Darnley B (2008). The role of psychotic illnesses in attacks on public figures. In Stalking, Threatening and Attacking Public Figures (eds. J. R. Meloy, L. Sheridan and J. Hoffmann), pp. 55-82. Oxford University Press : New York.
13. Mullen PE, MacKenzie RD, Ogloff JRP, Pathé MT, McEwan T, Purcell R (2006). Assessing and managing the risks in the stalking situation. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 34, 439-450. (Pubitemid 46774709)
14. Mullen PE, Pathé MT, Purcell R (2009). Stalkers and their Victims, 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press : Cambridge.
15. Phillips RTM (2006). Assessing presidential stalkers and assassins. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 34, 154-164.
16. Phillips RTM (2007). Celebrity and special targets. In Stalking : Psychiatry Perspectives and Practical Approaches (ed. D. Pinals), pp. 227-250. Oxford University Press : New York.
17. Poole S (2000). The Politics of Regicide in England, 1760-1850: Troublesome Subjects. Manchester University Press : Manchester and New York.
18. Rose D (2007). ' I've given you the chance to help, but you haven't. Now someone is going to have to die. ' In The Observer, 26 August 2007 (http://www.guardian.co.uk/ theobserver/2007/aug/26/features.magazine67). Accessed 18 September 2008.
19. Scalora M, Baumgartner J, Zimmerman W, Callaway D, Maillette M, Covell C, Palarea R, Krebs J, Washington D (2002a). An epidemiological assessment of problematic contacts to members of Congress. Journal of Forensic Sciences 47, 1-5.
20. Scalora M, Baumgartner J, Zimmerman W, Callaway D, Maillette M, Covell C, Palarea R, Krebs J, Washington D (2002b). Risk factors for approach behavior toward the U.S. Congress. Journal of Threat Assessment 2, 35-55.
21. Siegel S, Castellan NJ (1988). Nonparametric Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edn. McGraw-Hill Book Company: New York.
22. Zona MA, Sharma KK, Lane J (1993). A comparative study of erotomanic and obsessional subjects in a forensic sample. Journal of Forensic Sciences 38, 894-903.