Stalking Lecture Flashcards
Which of the following risk management strategies is best supported by the research?
A) SSRIs for resentful type stalkers
B) Group therapy for incompetent type stalkers
C) Court-ordered psychiatric treatment for delusional intimacy-seeking stalkers
D) Avoiding legal sanctions for rejected type stalkers
C) Court-ordered psychiatric treatment for delusional intimacy-seeking stalkers
Stalking laws vary regarding which of the following?
A) Legal definitions
B) Element of victim fear
C) Level of seriousness of the charges
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Which of the following best distinguishes stranger from acquaintance stalkers?
A) Stranger stalkers with severe psychosis have the highest risk of violence
B) Acquaintance stalkers are more likely to build shrines to their victim
C) Acquaintance stalkers, particularly ex-intimates, have a higher risk of violence
D) Stranger stalkers are more likely to have a history of domestic violence.
C) Acquaintance stalkers, particularly ex-intimates, have a higher risk of violence
Victims of stalking commonly report which of the following?
A) Pervasive fear over not knowing what would happen next
B) Social damage
C) anxiety, PTSD like symptoms
D) All of the above
D) All of the above
Which of the following is accurate regarding patients stalking their therapist?
A) It is extremely rare - about 2% of therapists are stalked by patients
B) Virtually all patients who stalk their therapist have an erotic transference to the therapist
C) Most therapists immediately sought help from police or clinic supervisors
D) No significant differences between genders in terms of stalker violence.
D) No significant differences between genders in terms of stalker violence.
According to the Mullen typology of stalkers, which two types have the highest risk of violence?
A) Intimacy-seeking and incompetent
B) Rejected and predatory
C) Incompetent and rejected
D) Predatory and resentful
B) Rejected and predatory
A victim receives unwanted communications from an unknown stalker. The communications refer to the victim as a “Goddess” more beautiful than Aphrodite and that their love will be “immortal.” The stalker also states that he feels as though he and the victim have been married in a previous life. The stalker is most likely to fall into which Mullen stalker type?
A) Rejected
B) Intimacy seeking
C) Resentful
D) Incompetent
C) Predatory
B) Intimacy seeking
Stalking recurrence is most associated with which of the following?
A) Previous acquaintance
B) Erotamanic delusions
C) Lack of psychotherapy
D) Both A and B
D) Both A and B
When considering restraining orders for stalking victims, which of the following is important?
A) Stalker’s response to past orders
B) Stalker’s level of emotional investment
C) Stalker’s prior physical violence
D) Victim’s willingness to consistently enforce the restraining order
E) All of the above
E) All of the above
When counseling a stalking victim about safety strategies, which of the following advice is best supported by the literature?
A) The victim will need to play an active role
B) Try to let the stalker down easy so as not to enflame him
C) Disgusting or embarrassing messages from the stalker can be thrown away
D) A clear stay-away message may be repeated when the stalker appears to be escalating.
A) The victim will need to play an active role
What are the three elements of the legal definition of stalking?
1) Pattern of unwanted pursuit
2) implicit or explicit threat
3) intent to induce fear or induction of fear in the victim
What is the lifetime prevalence of stalking victims?
15 % for women, 5 % for men; majority by ex-partners
What state was responsible for starting stalking laws in the 90s?
California
What percentage of psychopathology is associated with stalking?
72% overall
50% personality disorder
46% substance use disorder
31% mood or anxiety
10% psychotic
According to Mullen, what are the five types of stalking typologies?
1) Rejected 36%
2) Intimacy Seeking 34%
3) Incompetent 15%
4) Resentful 11%
5) Predatory 4%
What are the characteristics of the Mullen “Rejected” stalker typology?
1) They are pursuing an ex-intimate
2) They desire reconciliation and/or revenge
3) Criminal assault history
4) Personality disorders predominate
5) the relationship may have involved domestic violence
There is a desire for reunion and revenge
What are the characteristics of the Mullen “Intimacy Seeking” stalker typology?
Desire relationship with “true love”
Oblivious to victim response
Most with Erotomanic delusions
Endow victims with unique qualities - puts them on a pedestel
What are the characteristics of the Mullen “Incompetent” stalker typology?
Acknowledge the victim’s disinterest
Hope behavior leads to intimacy
Do not endow victims with unique qualities
Socially inept, entitled
Tend towards lower range IQs
What are the characteristics of the Mullen “Resentful” stalker typology?
Feel persecuted and desire retribution
Intent to frighten or distress
A Specific or general grievance
Paranoid diagnoses
What are the characteristics of the Mullen “Predatory” stalker typology?
Preparing for a sexual attack
Stalke to study and observe
Paraphilias, serial adult rapists
Prior sexual offenses
There was no warning before the attack
What stalker characteristic is the “Most Violent”?
Ex-intimates
What are the violence risk factors for a stalker?
Last resort thinking - “It’s already done, I’m ready to die”
Approach behavior
Property damage
Threats (esp. by former intimate
SI/HI
Substance misuse
High-risk psychotic phenomena
What is the most effective management for the Rejected type?
legal sanctions
mental health support
What is the most effective management for the Intimacy seekers?
Court ordered psychiatric treatment
Impervious to legal sanctions
