Department of Psychology, Università di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Città della Salute e della Scienza-Corso Bramante, Torino, Italy.
PLoS One. 2020 Feb 28;15(2):e0229830. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229830. eCollection 2020.
The study analysed cases reported to police by men and women who were victims of stalking. The objective was to describe the characteristics of the stalking campaigns experienced by men and women, their consequences, and the coping strategies adopted by the victims, as they are recorded in police case files. All the information was collected in three cities in the Northwest of Italy. Analyses were performed on 271 files classified by police officers as cases of stalking, reported by men (87, 32.1%) and women (184, 67.9%). The study revealed that men tended to let the stalking campaign last for a longer time than women before turning to the police. Procrastination had some consequences, especially in the emotional sphere, that affected the victim's wellbeing. Moreover, the coping strategies used by men victims were not effective and even risked to hamper the work of the police officers intervening and investigating on the case.
该研究分析了向警方报案的男性和女性 stalking 受害者的案例。目的是描述男性和女性经历的 stalking 活动的特征、后果以及受害者在警方案件档案中记录的应对策略。所有信息均在意大利西北部的三个城市收集。对警官分类为 stalking 案件的 271 份档案进行了分析，这些案件是由男性（87 例，32.1%）和女性（184 例，67.9%）报案的。研究表明，男性在向警方报案之前，往往会让 stalking 活动持续更长时间。拖延产生了一些后果，特别是在情感领域，影响了受害者的幸福。此外，男性受害者使用的应对策略并不有效，甚至有可能阻碍干预和调查案件的警察的工作。
