McCann J T
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J Adolesc. 1998 Dec;21(6):667-75. doi: 10.1006/jado.1998.0187.
Stalking, which has been given the clinical term "obsessional following", is repetitive threatening or harassing behavior that creates a fear of harm in the victim. Empirical and theoretical literature on this form of behavior is beginning to develop and focuses primarily on adults. Three major subtypes of obsessional following have been identified: erotomania, love obsessional, and simple obsessional/borderline erotomania. Using this typology and available empirical research, a context is set in which three cases of adolescent obsessional following are discussed and analysed. These cases document that stalking/obsessional following occurs in adolescents and that important similarities and differences appear to exist between adult and adolescent offenders. Hypotheses are generated to encourage further study of this significant problem.
跟踪行为，临床上称为“强迫性尾随”，是一种重复性的威胁或骚扰行为，会让受害者产生受伤害的恐惧。关于这种行为形式的实证和理论文献开始有所发展，且主要聚焦于成年人。强迫性尾随已被确定为三种主要亚型：色情狂型、爱情强迫型和单纯强迫型/边缘色情狂型。利用这种类型划分和现有的实证研究，本文构建了一个背景，在此背景下对三例青少年强迫性尾随案例进行了讨论和分析。这些案例证明，跟踪行为/强迫性尾随在青少年中也会发生，而且成年犯罪者与青少年犯罪者之间似乎存在重要的异同。本文提出了一些假设，以鼓励对这一重大问题进行进一步研究。
