1 University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2017 Apr;18(2):200-222. doi: 10.1177/1524838015603210. Epub 2016 Jun 23.
Despite the high prevalence of stalking and the risk of harm it poses to victims, arrest rates, prosecutions, and convictions for stalking continue to be low in the United States. The overall goal of this article is to introduce a multidimensional framework of stalking that adds to the current literature by (1) providing a conceptual framework consistent with legal elements of many stalking statutes to facilitate assessment, communication, documentation, and safety planning for stalking several victims; (2) introducing a more systematic way of assessing course of conduct and the context of fear in stalking situations in order to increase the understanding of cumulative fear for stalking victims; (3) emphasizing the aspects of stalking harm that go beyond violence and that show how harm from stalking accumulates over time including life sabotage; and (4) discussing 12 risk factors derived from the overall multidimensional framework that can be used to describe the big picture of stalking and to facilitate safety planning for victims. Implications for future research are discussed.
尽管跟踪行为的普遍存在及其对受害者造成伤害的风险很高，但在美国，跟踪行为的逮捕率、起诉率和定罪率仍然很低。本文的总体目标是介绍一个多维的跟踪框架，通过以下方式增加当前文献：（1）提供一个符合许多跟踪法规法律要素的概念框架，以促进对多个受害者的跟踪进行评估、沟通、记录和安全规划；（2）引入一种更系统的方法来评估跟踪情况下的行为过程和恐惧背景，以增加对跟踪受害者累积恐惧的理解；（3）强调跟踪伤害的方面超越了暴力，并展示了跟踪造成的伤害如何随着时间的推移而累积，包括生活破坏；（4）讨论从整体多维框架中得出的 12 个风险因素，这些因素可用于描述跟踪的全貌，并为受害者的安全规划提供便利。还讨论了对未来研究的影响。
