Stalking Trauma Syndrome and the Traumatized Victim

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors propose that stalking trauma syndrome (STS) is a condition that can occur when a victim is subjected to repeated and persistent stalking behavior. In STS, a stalking victim experiences: (1) a cycle of crisis; (2) significant psychological effects, including helplessness and hopelessness, anxiety, depression, desperation, and loss of control as well as behavioral changes; and (3) recovery-based effective coping tools for stalking victims and their families. Take a journey with the authors and vicariously observe and experience stalking behavior as it was once allowed in our American society ...