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Auteur(s): Suzan van der Aa
ISBN: 9789046603574
Writing love letters, making phone calls, and sending gifts, these are all seemingly
innocuous or even romantic behaviours. This changes, however, when the love expressed
in the letters remains unrequited, when the phone calls amount to hundreds a night, or when
the gifts consist of bullets and funeral wreaths. When attempts to contact another person
happen with a certain duration, nature, and frequency, the behaviour can be qualified as
stalking and it can have a detrimental impact on the life of the person subjected to the
unwanted attention.
The phenomenon of stalking has not been the topic of much research and this goes
all the more for stalking in the Netherlands. In this book, an account is given of the nature
and prevalence of the problem, of the effectiveness and the (dis)advantages of resorting to
the police, and of the pros and cons of two alternative anti-stalking measures: hiring the
services of a private investigation and protection agency and obtaining a civil restraining
order.
Over de auteur(s):
Suzan van der Aa (Tilburg, 1982) studied criminal law at Tilburg University. In September
2005, she started working as a Ph. D. candidate at the International Victimology Institute
Tilburg (INTERVICT). In addition, she conducted several applied research projects for third
parties, such as the Dutch Ministry of Justice and the European Commission. Recently, she
has accepted a position as senior researcher (Universitair Docent) at INTERVICT. This book
is her doctoral thesis.