USLegal Guide to Stalking

Stalking is a pattern of behavior that makes you feel nervous and susceptible to attack. Each scenario with a stalker may differ (from repeated contact to unwanted gifts), but the goal remains the same, to make you feel vulnerable.

The Rejected stalker (click to expand) Rejected stalking arises in the context of the breakdown of a close relationship. The Resentful stalker (click to expand) The Intimacy Seeking stalker (click to expand) The Incompetent Suitor (click to expand) The Predatory stalker (click to expand)

Common stalking behaviors include: Repeated and unwanted communications through phone calls, mail, emails, or social media sites. Following the victim to work, school, home, or other places where they frequently visit.Repeatedly sending the victim unwanted gifts. Posting information, or spreading rumors about, the

Stalking is behavior wherein an individual willfully and repeatedly engages in a knowing course of harassing conduct directed at another person, which reasonably and seriously alarms, torments, or terrorizes that person.

Simple Obsessional: This is the most common type of stalker. The stalker is usually a male and the focus of the stalking is an ex-wife, ex-lover or former boss. In intimate relationships, the stalking frequently starts before the break-up.

One of the reasons for this action is to take away the person's sense of safety. Other forms of stalking include posting information or spreading rumors of the victim in a public place or by word of mouth.

Stalking is unwanted and/or repeated surveillance by an individual or group toward another person. Stalking behaviors are interrelated to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them.