Surviving Stalking

A practical and comprehensive survival manual for victims of stalking and related crimes Surviving Stalking offers sound realistic and practical advice to victims and guidance through each stage of the criminal justice processes in America Britain and Australia. Using case studies Michele Path describes the traumatic effects of stalking the course of these symptoms and how best to access psychological care and support. A comprehensive book for a general readership it provides a contemporary account of victim types stalker types stalkers'' motives strategies to prevent and overcome stalking and a list of resources available to stalking victims. Surviving Stalking will be of great interest not only to those who have been or are being stalked but also to the health law enforcement and legal professionals who work with stalkers and their victims. Michele Path is Director of the Stalking and Threat Management Centre and Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health Victoria Australia. Path is the co-author of Stalkers and Their Victims (Cambridge 2000) winner of the American Psychiatric Association''s 2001 Manfred S. Guttmacher award for an outstanding contribution to the literature in forensic psychiatry.