Please read & share with others in conversation. \u00a0Facts and education are key to stopping so many criminals before they can escalate. \u00a0Especially for our law enforcement officers.<\/p>\n
STALKERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n Most stalkers are what Zona (1993) and Geberth (1992) call \u201cSimple Obsessional\u201d or, as Mullen and Pathe put it (1999) \u2013 \u201cRejected\u201d. They stalk their prey as a way of maintaining the dissolved relationship (at least in their diseased minds). They seek to \u201cpunish\u201d their quarry for refusing to collaborate in the charade and for resisting their unwanted and ominous attentions.<\/p>\n Such stalkers come from all walks of life and cut across social, racial, gender, and cultural barriers. They usually suffer from one or more (comorbid) personality disorders. They may have anger management or emotional problems and they usually abuse drugs or alcohol. Stalkers are typically lonely, violent, and intermittently unemployed \u2013 but they are rarely full fledged criminals.<\/p>\n Contrary to myths perpetrated by the mass media, studies show that most stalkers are men, have high IQ\u2019s, advanced degrees, and are middle aged (Meloy and Gothard, 1995; and Morrison, 2001).<\/p>\n Rejected stalkers are intrusive and inordinately persistent. They recognize no boundaries \u2013 personal or legal. They honor to \u201ccontracts\u201d and they pursue their target for years. They interpret rejection as a sign of the victim\u2019s continued interest and obsession with them. They are, therefore, impossible to get rid of. Many of them are narcissists and, thus, lack empathy, feel omnipotent and immune to the consequences of their actions. Stalkers are emotionally labile and present with rigid and infantile (primitive) defense mechanisms: splitting, projection, projective identification, denial, intellectualization, and narcissism. They devalue and dehumanize their victims and thus \u201cjustify\u201d the harassment or diminish it. From here, it is only one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Please read & share with others in conversation. \u00a0Facts and education are key to stopping so many criminals before they can escalate. \u00a0Especially for our law enforcement officers. STALKERS: Most stalkers are what Zona (1993) and Geberth (1992) call \u201cSimple … Continue reading
\nEven so, some stalkers are possessed of an uncanny ability to psychologically penetrate others. Often, this gift is abused and put at the service of their control freakery and sadism. Stalking \u2013 and the ability to \u201cmete out justice\u201d makes them feel powerful and vindicated. When arrested, they often act the victim and attribute their actions to self-defense and \u201crighting wrongs\u201d.<\/p>\n