An Introduction to Issues of Gender in Stalking Research

Lyndon, Amy E.; Sinclair, H. Colleen; MacArthur, John; Fay, Ben; Ratajack, Ellen; Collier, Katie E.

doi:10.1007/s11199-011-0106-2

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“…Scott et al (2018) found that stalking by a male against a female is considered more serious and is more likely to result in fear of violence than the same behaviors by a woman against a man. This supports previous findings (e.g., Cass and Mallicoat, 2015;Podaná and Imríšková, 2016;Sheridan and Scott, 2010) and statistics that report more prosecutions for female targets than male (Lyndon et al, 2012), but contradicts other findings that suggest there is no gender difference (e.g., Sheridan, North, and Scott, 2014;Strand and McEwan, 2012). As Madriz (1997) has identified that women fear black men, it is important to examine the extent to which attributions of stalking are due to gender, race, or a combination.…”

Section: Perpetrator-target Gendersupporting

confidence: 91%

The Effect of Race and Gender on Attributions of Stalking

Duff

Hay

Kerry

et al. 2020

Social Science Quarterly

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Objective This study is concerned with examining the impact of the extralegal factors of race and gender in attributions of stalking and motivation in examples of heterosexual, low‐level stalking behavior. Methods A 4 (race pairing of protagonist and target) × 2 (gender pairing of protagonist and target) between‐ participants design, using a vignette incorporating faces of the protagonist and target, asked participants to identify the extent to which they considered the behavior stalking, the motivation for that behavior, and provide responses to measures of racism and sexism. Results The results identify that intraracial behavior is considered more like stalking than interracial behavior, that female‐to‐male behavior is considered more like stalking than male‐to‐female, and that gender and race do not impact on the attributed motivations for the behavior. Both racism and sexism do contribute to attributions of stalking. Conclusion The influence of race on attributions of stalking mirrors that of findings in other areas of crime and is important in understanding decision making.

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Section: Perpetrator-target Gendersupporting

confidence: 91%

The Effect of Race and Gender on Attributions of Stalking

Duff

Hay

Kerry

et al. 2020

Social Science Quarterly

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“…However, stalking as a legislative term applies to a multitude of activities, many of which are harmless under normal conditions, and which are not easily defined in legal terms (Sheridan & Davies, 2001;Lyndon, Sinclair, MacArthur, Fay, Ratajack & Collier, 2012). In fact, it may be difficult to draw a line between behaviors that constitute romantic courtship and harassment.…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender, sexism and the social representation of stalking: What makes the difference?

Miglietta

Maran

2017

Psychology of Violence

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Objective. The present study had two main aims: to investigate how ordinary people conceptualize stalking behaviors and to deepen whether respondents' gender and attitudes toward women are related to the way the phenomenon is described and understood. The research was conducted from the perspective of social representation.Method. Three hundred fifteen university students from Torino who had never experienced stalking completed a questionnaire investigating their knowledge about the phenomenon and the levels of sexism. The participants also provided their free definition of stalking.Results. The results showed that the participants identify the causes of stalking in distorted outcomes of romantic relationships, view its aim as controlling the victims, and attribute psychological pain to victims. Women tended more to identify stalking with ambiguous behaviors; hostile sexists did not recognize psychological consequences in victims. The representations of stalking showed an opposition between morbidity and aggression in the stalking definition, associated with the endorsement of sexist attitudes toward women. Specifically, benevolent sexism favored a conception of stalking as an annoying but not truly dangerous event.Conclusion. It would be useful to reconsider the contents of prevention initiatives: they have to be directed more toward acting on the symptoms and causes of stalking.

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“…Moreover, stalking is often perceived as a gendered phenomenon, invoking different sets of assumptions and expectations regarding male and female perpetrators and victims (Lyndon et al, 2012). Despite these difficulties, stalking generally refers to persistent harassment in which one person repeatedly attempts to impose unwanted communication and/or contact on another (Mullen, Pathe, & Purcell, 2001).…”

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The Influence of the Sex of and Prior Relationship between the Perpetrator and Victim on Perceptions of Stalking: A Qualitative Analysis

Gavin

Scott

2016

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

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The sex of and prior relationship between the perpetrator and victim have been shown to influence perceptions of stalking. To explore the ways in which shared assumptions around these factors interact to shape perceptions of stalking, this study analyses the deliberations of mock juries as they attempt to reach a unanimous verdict on a hypothetical stalking case summary. Twelve mock juries comprising between five and six 'jurors' (n D 64) were presented with one of three versions of a case summary (stranger, acquaintance, and expartner) describing a man stalking a woman or a woman stalking a man. Thematic analysis shows that factors mitigating the perpetrator's behaviour and judgements about the victim's behaviour were key themes in all jury deliberations, but played only a minor role in shaping verdict decisions for a woman stalking a man. It is concluded that the boundary between 'normal' relationship behaviour and stalking is positioned differently for male and female perpetrators.

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An Introduction to Issues of Gender in Stalking Research

Cited by 28 publications

References 81 publications

The Effect of Race and Gender on Attributions of Stalking

The Effect of Race and Gender on Attributions of Stalking

Gender, sexism and the social representation of stalking: What makes the difference?

The Influence of the Sex of and Prior Relationship between the Perpetrator and Victim on Perceptions of Stalking: A Qualitative Analysis

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