ABSTRACT
Introduction .................................................................................................... 81 Domestic Relationships and Stalking Typologies......................................... 82 Domestic Violence, Stalking, and the Law.................................................... 82 Stalking Data Are Still Being Collected......................................................... 83 Notable Stalking Cases ................................................................................... 83 Domestic Stalking and Issues of Safety and Security .................................. 84 Threat Management of Domestic Stalking ................................................... 84 The Scope of the Stalking Problem ............................................................... 85 Domestic Stalking and Stalkers — Law Enforcement Perspective.............. 85 Domestic Stalkers, Mental Illness, and Mental Disorder............................. 87 Stalking and Domestic Violence Homicide — Case Study of
Albert Petrosky ...................................................................................... 88 Domestic Violence and Stalking: A Future Outlook.................................... 92 Bibliography .................................................................................................... 93 About the Contributing Author .................................................................... 94
The connection between stalking and domestic violence certainly seems obvious enough. The classic scenario persists in the minds of most people who see these related subjects from their periphery. One party (most often the female) in a husband-wife or boyfriend-girlfriend relationship breaks the connection and leaves or attempts to leave. The “wounded” party (which statistics, observers, scholars, and law enforcement agree is usually the male) attempts or succeeds in “wounding” the victim, using harassment, covert and overt threats, vandalism, battery, or even fatal violence. If the perpetrator in this event were ever posed with the question, “Why?” the simple answer would probably refer back to a well-trotted cliché: “If I can’t have her, then nobody will!”
