Behavioral Characteristics of Stalkers Who Kill

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dc.contributor.advisorMabry, John P.
dc.contributor.authorBrooks, Rebecca L.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLord, Wayne
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSchmitz, Jennifer
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-07T18:24:18Z
dc.date.available2021-12-07T18:24:18Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to identify behavioral characteristics of stalkers who ultimately kill their targets, with the goal of creating a risk factor checklist to help identify current offenders most at risk for escalating to homicide. The study involved case comparisons of stalking-homicide cases from the United States, United Kingdom, and other Western cultures. This study examines twenty cases involving stalkers who killed or attempted to kill their victims. Stalking has evolved considerably with the introduction of new technology, yet the dangers posed by stalkers who ultimately kill their targeted victims, the data was coded, compared and analyzed to create a risk factor checklist to identify those types of offenders most likely to resort to homicide. The data was gathered from public resources and news articles. The study examined, age, race, gender, the type of stalker, the relationship between the stalker and the victim, as well as other factors preceding the death of the victims. Not surprisingly, males were found to be the most dangerous offenders the majority of the time. Of the known typologies of stalkers, only one case of the predatory stalker was found, and no cases of the intimacy seeker were found within the cases examined.en_US
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)1288828497
dc.identifier.other(AlmaMMSId)9982799945802196
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11244/331402
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author, who has granted UCO Chambers Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its online repositories. Contact UCO Chambers Library's Digital Initiatives Working Group at diwg@uco.edu for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material.
dc.subject.keywordsRisk factor checklist
dc.subject.keywordsCase comparisons
dc.subject.keywordsUnited States
dc.subject.keywordsUnited Kingdom
dc.subject.keywordsLaw enforcement
dc.subject.keywordsCriminology
dc.subject.keywordsBehavioral psychology
dc.subject.lcshStalkers
dc.subject.lcshPsychology
dc.subject.lcshCase studies
dc.subject.lcshMurderers
dc.subject.lcshCriminal behavior, Prediction of
dc.thesis.degreeM.S., Forensic Science
dc.titleBehavioral Characteristics of Stalkers Who Killen_US
dc.typeAcademic theses
thesis.degree.grantorJackson College of Graduate Studies

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