ABSTRACT
Introduction .................................................................................................... 19 What Constitutes the Crime of Stalking? ..................................................... 20 Literature Review on Stalking........................................................................ 21 Various Typologies of Stalkers ....................................................................... 23
The Celebrity Stalker............................................................................. 23 The Lust Stalker..................................................................................... 23 The Hit Stalker ...................................................................................... 24 The Love-Scorned Stalker ..................................................................... 24 The Domestic Stalker ............................................................................ 25 The Political Stalker .............................................................................. 25
Implications for Law Enforcement Interdiction........................................... 26 Conclusion....................................................................................................... 27 Bibliography .................................................................................................... 27 About the Contributing Author .................................................................... 28
As actress Rebecca Lynn Schaeffer opened her door, she was greeted and then fatally shot by Robert John Bardo. This one act of criminal stalking galvanized the attention of American society to the dangers of such predators and led states across the nation to enact stalker laws. Only a few years earlier, Arthur Jackson, a carpenter from Aberdeen, Scotland, stalked and stabbed actress Theresa Saldana in broad daylight on a residential street in Los Angeles. John Hinckley, Jr. shot President Ronald Reagan in an attempt to impress actress Jodie Foster. He is in prison although released periodically on furloughs. Anne Murray, the pop singer, has been a victim of a continuous letter-writing campaign that contained threatening remarks. Martina Hingis, an internationally recognized professional tennis player, is allegedly currently stalked by
Dunravko Rajcevic. He claims a romantic relationship with Ms. Hingis, a claim she denies.
