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The assignment examines two real-life stalking cases, exploring the motivations and types of stalkers involved. The first case involves a family relative exhibiting delusional fixation stalking behavior, while the second case features false victimization syndrome linked to accusations against a teacher. Both cases highlight the psychological characteristics of the stalkers and the impact of their actions on the victims.

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Assignment 9

The assignment examines two real-life stalking cases, exploring the motivations and types of stalkers involved. The first case involves a family relative exhibiting delusional fixation stalking behavior, while the second case features false victimization syndrome linked to accusations against a teacher. Both cases highlight the psychological characteristics of the stalkers and the impact of their actions on the victims.

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NCC HOME LEARNING Assignment 9

This assignment will look at two real life stalking cases, then examine the motivations of stalking
behaviour. Also, the underlying causes in history of the offender and the type of stalker the
individual is. The term stalking as (‘Pilon, 1993) says is wilful, malicious, repeated following or using
threat of violence against the victim or family.

The first stalking case was when being in high school, where a family relative would follow me but
was scared to confront. Being in the situation it was difficult to confront him as the parents would
blame that I was the one to mislead. The stalking carried on for 1year, nothing was done and each
time going home meant being accompanied by a friend.

Mullen et al (1999) looks at 145 stalkers and defines them in different categories, this type of stalker
was incompetent. This is because the relative was seeking a partner to settle down, he was not
independent to see the ways of right and wrong. Once confronted the relative said they were
attracted to me and he was finding it hard to settle in the neighbourhood.

As Dr Lorraine Sheridan explains the typology of stalking in this case was ‘delusional fixation stalking.
As subdivided to the less dangerous category as the stalker did hold a delusional relational. The
behaviour was not showing any threats but just falsified beliefs, the stalker tried approaching and
blaming that it was there distant relatives fault to why we cannot be together. Then going around
blaming their current situation, background and their poverty. Believing that the delusional circle
was broken lead to the situation getting worse, there were signs of danger.

As Spitzberg (2002) looks at the characteristics of a typical stalker which is agreed on as they do tend
to have a history of being psychiatric. Similar to the next case one common characteristic is the
bother stalkers were unemployed and underpaid. At the beginning when they started the stalking
process they were separated and had gone through some financial hardship. It is clear that there
was no intimate relationship with the stalker.

The next case takes place in the teen years (2005) where Zona et al (1993; 2001) talks on the
typology of ‘false victimisation syndrome’ (FVS). The offender approached myself and a couple of
mates just to fit in our social circle. They accused a teacher of stalking which at first instance we
didn’t believe, but slowly manage to gain the support. The accusations were all delusional, belonging
to the erotomaniacs group as there was a belief that the teacher was in love with her.

Finally coming to conclude, the two cases do show that was some sort of a stalker involved, but
identifying the type as helped gained a knowledge and understanding in this. These are real life
events maybe perceptions of others maybe different without reading the sources. It is a close match
to the type of stalker involved and portrays the behaviours of being violent, aggressive or some sort
of threat.

Total Words 502

Bibliography
NCC HOME LEARNING Assignment 9

Mullen, P. E., Pathe, M., Purcell, R., & Stuart. G. W. (1999). A study of stalkers. American Journal of
psychiatry, 156, 1244-1249.

Pathe, M.; Mullen, P.; & Purcell, R. (1999). Stalking: false claims of victimization. British journal of
psychiatry, 174, 170-172.

Pilon (1993)

, L. (2005). Key findings from University of Leicester.


www.le.ac.uk/press/stalking survey.htm. Accessed on the 23rd September 2013

Sheridan, L., Gillet, R., Davies, G., Blaauw, E., & Patel, D. (2003). ‘There’s no smoke without fire’. Are
male ex-partners perceived as more ‘entitled’ to stalk than acquaintance or stranger stalkers? British
Journal of psychology, 94, (1), 87-98.

Spitzberg, B. H. (2002). The tactical topography of stalking victimization and management. Trauma,
Violence, & Abuse, 3, 261-288

Zona, M. A., Sharma, K.K., & Lane, J.C (1993). A comparative study of erotomaniac and obsessional
subjects in a forensic sample. Journal of forensic sciences, 38 (4), 894-903.

Zona, M.A., Palarea, R.E., & Lane, J.C. (2001). Psychiatric diagnosis and the offender-victim typology
of stalking. In J. R. Meloy (Ed.), The psychology of stalking : Clinical and forensic perspectives (pp. 85-
112). New York: Academic Press.

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