Stalking in the Netherlands. Nature and prevalence of the problem and the effectiveness of anti-stal

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Over het boekWriting love letters, making phone calls, and sending gifts, these are all seeminglyinnocuous or even romantic behaviours. This changes, however, when the love expressedin the letters remains unrequited, when the phone calls amount to hundreds a night, or whenthe gifts consist of bullets and funeral wreaths. When attempts to contact another personhappen with a certain duration, nature, and frequency, the behaviour can be qualified asstalking and it can have a detrimental impact on the life of the person subjected to theunwanted attention.The phenomenon of stalking has not been the topic of much research and this goesall the more for stalking in the Netherlands. In this book, an account is given of the natureand prevalence of the problem, of the effectiveness and the disadvantages of resorting tothe police, and of the pros and cons of two alternative anti-stalking measures hiring theservices of a private investigation and protection agency and obtaining a civil restrainingorder.Uit de inhoudTable of contentsOver de auteursSuzan van der Aa Tilburg, 1982 studied criminal law at Tilburg University. In September2005, she started working as a Ph. D. candidate at the International Victimology InstituteTilburg INTERVICT. In addition, she conducted several applied research projects for thirdparties, such as the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the European Commission. Recently, shehas accepted a position as senior researcher Universitair Docent at INTERVICT. This bookis her doctoral thesis.