Stalker Typologies: Implications for Law Enforcement

Stalking and Psychosexual Obsession: Psychological Perspectives for Prevention, Policing and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 63-82

  Sheridan, Lorraine ^a   Boon, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic stalkers; Mental states; Public figures; Stalker typologies; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948779911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713037.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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