Stalking Research Paper

Stalking under Technology

I. Name: M.A., Turpin

II. Class: Intro to Justice TR 11:30-12:45

III. Date: 4/5/2018

IV. Article Citation.

Woodlock, D. (2016). The Abuse of Technology in Domestic Violence and Stalking. Violence Against Women, 23(5), pp.584-602.

V. Summary of Article.

This Journal goes over the uses of technology and how it benefits stalkers and people that commit domestic violence. The journal begins with facts about stalking, which is often committed by intimate partners or ex-partners. It is almost never done by a stranger or even a known acquaintance. The act of stalking is done by a close person that knows the suspect deeply.

Most of the statistics come from research done in Australia which presents the facts that women are far more likely to be stalked at a higher rate than men and they are far more likely to be paranoid of being stalked. Stalking by an intimate partner has a higher risk for leading to more serious types of violence. This violence is not limited to only abuse, assault, and but includes severe means including homicide. Too often these crimes are not taken seriously and stalking in as a general matter is rarely taken seriously. This is due to most ideas of stalking are incorrectly

I was a late teen in high school, he had started off as a friend, but he had thought we were more than friends even though I stated he was a friend. It started off with him texting me five times a day. I told not to text me that much: I prefer not to text people, I barely text one person more than two texts a day but he didn’t listen. He started to text me more and more asking me what I was doing, who I was with. He told me explicit information that I still to this day don’t want to go over. When I finally cut off ties with him but he didn’t stop texting me he even showed up at my work even when I hadn’t told him were I worked. What scared me about this interaction was this all took place over one