Domestic Violence and Stalking Behaviour: The need for criminalizing emotional and psychological woman abuse

1. Domestic Violence and Stalking Behaviour:The need for criminalizing emotional and psychological woman abuse Dr. Julian Hermida

2. Domestic Violence and Stalking Behaviour • Context. • Categories of stalkers. • Movie clips • The criminal harassment offence. • Typical behaviour of domestic violence stalkers. • Lack of protection to victims. • Proposed solutions and conclusions.

3. Context • Context. • Stalking. • Notion of harm in Canadian Criminal Law

4. Categories of stalkers • Categories of stalkers. • The domestic violence stalker.

5. The Criminal Harassment Offence • Moral panic. • The elements of the crime.

6. Typical Behaviour of Domestic Violence Stalkers • The behaviour of domestic violence stalkers. • Impact on victims.

7. Lack of Protection to Victims • Inadequacy of the criminal harassment offense. • Inadequacy of other offenses.

8. Proposed Solutions and Conclusions • Different alternatives for law reform. • Proposed solutions. • Conclusions. For more information visit: http://www.julianhermida.com