Stalking and cyber stalking – This book covers the entire syllabus of ” Community Health Nursing” prescribed by the Universities of Bangladesh- for Basic and diploma nursing students. We tried to accommodate the latest information and topics.
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Stalking and cyber stalking
Stalking is unwanted or obsessive attention by an individual or group towards another person. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them. The term stalking is used with some differing definitions in psychiatry and psychology, as well as in some legal jurisdictions as a term for a criminal offense.
According to a 2002 report by the U.S. National Center for Victims of Crime, “virtually any unwanted contact between two people that directly or indirectly communicates a threat or places the victim in fear can be considered stalking”, although in practice the legal standard is usually somewhat more strict.
Types of victims:
Based on their work with stalking victims different types of stalking victims dependent on their previous relationship to the stalker. These are:
- Prior intimates: Victims who had been in a previous intimate relationship with their stalker.
- Casual acquaintances and friends: Amongst male stalking victims, most are part of this category.
- Professional contacts: These are victims who have been stalked by patients, clients, or students whom they have had a professional relationship with.
- Workplace contacts: The stalkers of these victims tend to visit them in their workplace which means that they are either an employer, employee, or a customer.
- Strangers: These victims are typically unaware of how their stalkers began stalking because typically these stalkers form a sense of admiration for their victims from a distance.
Cyber stalking:
Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, group, or organization. It may include false accusations, defamation, slander and libel. It may also include monitoring, identity theft, threats, vandalism, solicitation for sex, or gathering information that may be used to threaten, embarrass or harass. Cyberstalking is often accompanied by real time or offline stalking.
Protection against Cyber stalking:
1. Review about online information exists and keep it to a minimum
2. Regularly change e-mail and passwords for key online accounts and keep them safe
3. Review all privacy and security settings
4. Avoid public forums
5. Ensure that the computer and mobile devices have updated antispyware software installed and turned on
6. Ensure wireless hub/router has security turned on.
7. Limit the personal and financial information
8. Educate friends, family and work colleagues into the risks
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