Stalking

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Background

Stalking is defined as following or loitering near another, often surreptitiously, to annoy or harass that person or to commit a further crime such as assault or battery.[1] Several state stalking statutes include offenses such as surveillance, threats, or menacing more generally.[2] Overall, there are three elements for a stalking offense: 1) an individual must have intentionally and repeatedly harassed another, 2) there must be a credible threat, and 3) the individual must have intended to place the victim in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury.[3]


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  1. Black's Law Dictionary, 9th Edition (2009)
  2. Marjorie A. Caner, Validity, Construction, and Application of Stalking Statutes, American Law Reports (2005)
  3. Sonja Larsen, Threats to Maim, Wound, or Bodily Harm, Corpus Juris Secundum (2010)