Unit 9 Flashcards
(14 cards)
Simple obsession stalking:
1) Majority of stalking cases
2) Represents extensions of previous patterns of domestic violence and psychological abuse
3) The stalker in this case seeks power and control after the failed relationship with the victim
Types of stalking:
1) Simple Obsessive Stalking
2) Love Obsession Stalking
3) Erotomania Stalking
4) Vengence Stalking
Love obsession stalking:
1) The stalker and the victim are casual acquaintances or strangers.
2) They are characterised by low self-esteem and tend to select victims they perceive to have certain qualities they believe will raise their self-esteem.
Erotomania stalking:
1) Delusional, and the stalker is often plagued by serious mental disorders.
2) They usually target public figures in their misguided attempts to gain self-esteem and status.
Vengeance stalking:
1) Stalkers do not seek a relationship with their victims but rather are trying to elicit a response or change of behaviour from the victim.
2) A stalker that wishes to torment those responsible for a perceived injustice or violation of their rights.
Cyberstalking
1) Threatening behaviour or unwanted advances directed at another using the internet or other form of online communication
Cyber harassment
1) Sending messages electronically to torment another person.
2) Cyberstalking is designed to control the victim through threats and harassment.
Instrumental hostage taking
1) The offender’s goal is recognizable.
2) Material gain, such as kidnapping a child and holding them for ransom.
3) The goal may be to achieve freedom
Cyberbullying
1) Sending or posting harmful or cruel texts or images using the internet or other digital communication devices.
2) Primarily a problem with school-aged children and adolescents
3) It happens on computers or smartphones via various social media platforms.
Expressive hostage taking
1) The offender wants to become important, and they believe the media coverage accompanying their hostage taking will help them achieve this goal.
2) Alternatively, the hostage taker may be depressed and may see the offence as bringing attention to a desperate situation.
3) They can begin as instrumental and develop in expressive
Phases the hostage experiences:
1) Denial phase
2) Reality phase
3) Traumatic depression phase
4) Resolution and integration phase
Stockholm syndrome
1) The rare phenomenon of hostages becoming physically and/or emotionally attracted to their captors.
2) Attraction between a victim and captor
3) Or they have become attracted to their captors and have temporarily identified with their values.
3 things must be present before the syndrome can take place:
1) The hostage taker and the victim must be together for a significant length of time.
2) The hostage must be in direct social contact during the incident.
3) The hostage taker must treat the hostage kindly.
London Syndrome
1) A response in which hostages do not co-operate with their captors and become disobedient, belligerent and/ or argumentative
