Research reveals young people aged 16 to 24 don’t always recognise what stalking is, particularly when it involves someone they might know.
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Criminal law struggles to keep up with predatory uses of the technology for ‘image-based sexual abuse’. It’s time to step back and build future-proof protections.
Location-sharing apps provide convenience and a sense of security for families. But they can also be used as a weapon of control.
I’ve spoken to dozens of men who were convicted sex offenders and/or who had killed women. They tried to justify their crimes and often blamed the women.
A South African court judgment makes it clear that accusing someone by name is not necessarily harassment.
The inclusion of cyberstalking in the proposed anti-stalking law brings New Zealand in line with other countries. But future technologies may make harm even harder to combat.
Stalking rates have remained stubbornly consistent in Australia, but there is one relatively simple thing governments could do right now to help.
The problem of tech-facilitated abuse will remain if the police and courts don’t start taking it seriously.
At the core of sovereign citizen beliefs is the denial of the legitimacy of the government. They do not believe they must obey any laws, nor that they can be held to account for lawbreaking.
By using risk assessment guidelines, police could have taken steps to mitigate Martha’s stalking of Donny before it got worse.
‘Baby Reindeer’ raises questions about the effectiveness of content warnings. Viewers may still be vulnerable to secondary trauma, particularly those who have experienced similar violence.
Despite being public figures, celebrities – like everyone – deserve a level of privacy.
Gender violence has captured the attention of policy makers and the public. There’s many things that can be done, both in the short and long term.
A harrowing and important depiction of a male victim of sexual abuse.
A college junior who has gained a following by sharing high-profile people’s private flight information says that he is sharing public information. Others, like Taylor Swift, say that he is stalking.
Creating an emotional bond and an intimate relationship is the motivation for ‘intimacy seeking’ stalkers and Joe Goldberg’s character portrays this effectively.
One in three Canadian youth experience dating violence. Early intervention is critical to preventing the negative effects, but adolescents report significant barriers to finding support.
The question for the Victorian Law Reform Commission is whether such a move would curb the behaviour of the alleged offender rather than forcing victims to curb theirs.
The law continues to treat intimate partner violence like a bar fight – considering only what happened in a given violent incident. But domestic violence isn’t about just physical violence.
Many also openly admit to spying on or stalking their partners, suggesting that they may not know that there’s anything wrong with the behaviors.
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Queensland
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PhD Candidate, Sexuality Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Teaching Fellow, Bond University
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Professor of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Emeritus Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Society and Criminology, UNSW
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Professor Emeritus of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Syracuse University
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Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Psychology, Queen's University, Ontario
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Senior Lecturer in Media Law, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Studies, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne