Product Description

Stalking has emerged as a major social issue over the past decade to become the subject of intensive clinical and research study. This volume combines the authors' extensive clinical experience working with stalkers and their victims with a critical and thorough review of the existing literature. Major topics of discussion include the emergence and definition of stalking; effects and reduction of impacts on victims; and types of stalking. The authors have provided an informative, practical, and absorbing work that is a major step forward in elucidating the nature, causes, impact, and management of stalking.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1005575 in Books
• Published on: 2000-06-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 322 pages

Review
"This is a marvelous book, catholic in its intellectual sources, generous to other clinicians and researchers, modest in its claims-and through all that, very human. It will prove (it already has) a valuable resource to psychiatrists and others working with this group." Psychological Medicine

"This is an excellent review of the recently recognized field of stalking. The authors summarize much information difficult to find in collected form elsewhere." Doody's Review Service

"[The authors] provide readers a fairly exhaustive account of the emotional trauma of being a victim of stalking...this book should be of interest to upper-division undergraduate and graduate to criminological students of stalking as well as to researchers, faculty, victimologists, and victims' rights advocates." Choice

"This book is a beautiful illustration of what can be achieved with remarkably few resources and a genuinely academic approach to psychiatric practice...Stalkers and their Victims will undoubtedly be the definitive volume on this topic for some time to come. It is scholarly, practical, educational, and well written. It will almost certainly cross the lay-professional barrier in a way that is both revealing and dignified." British Medical Journal

"This is an excellent sourcebook for anyone with an interst in stalking...easily accessible, well illustrated with case examples, and represents an up-to-date compendium of fact, research and argument." Applied Cognitive Psychology

"Stalkers and their Victims provides a welcome addition to the understanding and investigation of stalking...the author present guidelines for understanding the phenomenon and thoughtful discussion of complicated legal and social issues." Journal of the American Medical Association

"This excellent book will be welcomed by all those working in the field of mental health, whether psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers or psychiatric nurses." European Journal of Psychiatry

"[The authors] achieve their stated aim of being both interesting and informative and this is currently the best text on this topic." International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

"I found the book fascinating, illuminating and useful." Sexual and Relationship Therapy, Padmal De Silva

"This book is a refreshing and useful research resource. The text makes a worthwhile contribution to this area of forensic psychiatry." Law Society Journal

About the Author
Paul E. Mullen is Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at Monash University, Victoria and Clinical Director at the Victorian Institute of Mental Health, Australia.

Michele Pathé is Director, Threat Management and Consultant Psychiatrist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health and Honororary Senior Lecturer at Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

Rosemary Purcell is Forensic Psychologist and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Customer Reviews

Lucid, well researched and useful
This book is well organized, articulate and insightful. The only reason why I did not give it 5 stars is because the case law cited specific to stalking was rather outdated. Excellent for a theoretical framework surrounding the issue of stalking.

What stalking really means
This is an incredibly comprehensive study of why people stalk. It soon becomes apparent where it is relevant to a broad audience: from lawyers, mental health professionals through to people who have experienced stalking. Highly recommended.