Cyberstalking: Utilizing what we do know

Victims and Offenders

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Parsons Pollard, Nicolle ^a   Moriarty, Laura J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer crimes; Cyber victims; Cyberstalking; Stalking

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449131066     PISSN: 15564886     EISSN: 15564991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564880903227644     Document Type: Article

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