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 Waiting at the victim's workplace, home or neighborhood. Persistent phone calls, text messages, emails, letters or notes The sending of gifts - from the seemingly "romantic" (i.e. flowers and/or chocolates) to the bizarre Breaking into the victim's home or car Gathering information on the victim: contacting people who know the victim; searching public or personal records, even the dustbin, for information. Surveillance: persistently watching the individual, using cameras, audio equipment, phone tapping, or bugging the victim's home or workplace Manipulative behaviour : threatening to commit suicide in order to coerce the victim to intervene-- forcing contact with the stalker) Cyberstalking: using the internet to pursue, harass or contact another in an unsolicited fashion.

 Defamation of character: the stalker will lie to others about the victim, trying to limit their options and weaken their support network. In an attempt to isolate the victim, making them appear more vulnerable, and giving the stalker a sense of power and control. "Objectification": the stalker derogates the victim, thus reducing them to an object which allows the stalker to feel angry with them without experiencing empathy. It helps the stalker feel they are entitled to behave as they please toward the victim. Threats and violence: the stalker uses threats to frighten the victim; vandalism and property damage (usually to the victims car); physical attacks that leave abrasions and bruises (mostly meant to frighten); less common--physical attacks that leave serious physical injuries, or sexual assaults.

 Perpetrators and Victims of stalking could either be male or female. But about 7580% of stalkers are male and most victims are females In the United States, Great Britain and Australia, 8-15% of women and 2-4% of men will be stalked at least once in their lifetime

 Most, about two-thirds, of the perpetrators are acquainted with their victim. Less than 1/3 of stalking cases happens, where the perpetrator is a stranger to the victim More than 1/3 of stalkers were formerly involved with the victim in a romantic relationship.

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