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forensics
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anything pertaining to the law: civil or criminal
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forensic psychology
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applied knowledge of psychology pertaining to the law
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diplomate
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medical specialist whose competence has been certified by a diploma in a profession
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examples of forensic fields:
forensic anthropology |
study of bones or other human remains
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examples of forensic fields:
forensic data recovery |
email and internet analysis
computer files |
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examples of forensic fields:
forensic entomology |
the study of insect knowledge in the investigation of crimes
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five pie pieces of forensic psychology
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police psychology
psychology of crime and delinquency victimology and victim services legal psychology correctional psychology |
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police psychology
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train officers how to deal with mentally ill
assist police with profiles of serial offenders counseling to officers |
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psychology of crime and delinquency
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conduct research on development of psychopathy
work with schools to identify troubled and dangerous youth preschool intervention to prevent violent behavior in adolesence |
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victimology and victim services
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evaluate victims or witnesses of crime
train others to work with those ptsd, criminal victimization assess sexual harassment, auto accidents, discrimination |
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legal psychology
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conduct child custody evaluations, visitation, risk assessments
evaluations of a defendants competency to stand trial consult with attorneys concerning custody decisions |
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correctional psychology
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develop stress management program
assess the development of a system for classifying inmates evaluate effectiveness of existing programs for offenders |
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APA recognization
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August 2001
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wickersham commission
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identifying the causes of criminal activity and to make recommendations for appropriate public policy
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fitness for duty evaluation
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conducted to call into question the officers ability to perform expected duties safely
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training to be a police psychologist
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clinical
organizational educational research |
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4 reasons police departments use psychologists
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selection and training
fit for duty evaluations special forces training training police to deal with mentally ill |
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4 levels of us public law enforcement
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federal
state county municipal |
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municipal level
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officers
civilian employees ordinary life, public catastrophes |
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county
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sheriffs are elected
run jails |
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state
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narcotics, theft, forensic labs
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federal
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work for an agency
enforce federal law |
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6 levels of force
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police presence
verbal command firm grip: body hold infraction of pain: carotid hold impact tech: baton, tazer deadly force: guns |
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3 personality tests
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minnesota multiphasic personality inventory revised [mmpi 2]
california psychological inventory [cpi] neo personality inventory revised [neo pi r] |
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4 types of police stress
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organizational stress
task related stress external stress personal stress |
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excessive force characteristics of police
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personality with lack of empathy, antisocial
officers with involvement in justifiable shootings early need for strong supervision dominant patrol style personal problems such as divorce or loss of status |
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2 types of false confessions
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coerced complaint FC:
know theyre innocent, threatened coerced internalized FC: confused, psychologically vulnerable, believes after a while |
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blue curtain
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" them vs us "
strong code of silence that actually encourages police to cover up the misconduct |
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psychological profiling
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interviewing an individual to see if they match an offender profile
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offender profiling
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description of a person most likely to commit an offense
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geographical profiling
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trying to plot the movements of one criminal
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geographical mapping
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taking one area and analyzing the patterns of crime in that area
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static risk factors in profiling
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factors that dont change when profiling behavior: gender, age, ethnic background
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acute dynamic factors
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rapid changing risk factors in profiling behavior
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stable dynamic factors
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slowly changing risk factors in profiling behavior
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dynamic risk factors
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factors that do change when profiling behavior: attitude, values, beliefs
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signature of crime
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distinct unique feature related to the offender, usually consistent
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undoing
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behavioral pattern found at the scene in which the offender trued to undo the crime
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trophy
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meaningful souvenir taken by offender to remember the incident
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staging
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behavioral pattern found at crime scene to display intentional suicide
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racial profiling
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inclusion of racial or ethnic characteristics in determining whether a person is considered likely to commit a particular type of crime or an illegal act
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pretext stop
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a stop in which the officer detains the citizen for a minor crime (i.e. traffic offense) because the officer actually suspects the person of involvement in a major crime
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4 miranda rights
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right to remain silent
anything you say can and will be used against you right to an attorney if you can not afford one, one will be appointed for you |
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4 stages of interrogation
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qualifying the suspect
cultivating the suspect conning the suspect cooling the suspect |
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hit rate of polygraph test
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70-80%
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how to beat polygraph
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countermeasures:
physical, biting tounge, lip, jabbing with pin-inducing pain |
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criminal behavior
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intentional behavior that violates criminal code
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status offenses
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only applicable for juvies:
truancy, running away, curfew violations |
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resiliency
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ability to bounce back quickly and adaptively from negative emotional experiences
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5 categories of juvie delinquency
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crime against people
crime against property drugs crime against social order status offenses |
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moffitt's developmental theory
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here are two types of offenders:
adolescent limited offenders: antisocial behavior is temporary and situational low level chronic:persistent offenders: antisocial behavior is permanent and stable |
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patterson's coercion developmental model
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early starters in antisocial behaviors are at greater risk for more serious criminal offending as they grow older [more focused on parenting]
whining tantrums: reinforced child parent gives in generates to peers, child gets rejected |
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bandura in relation to aggression
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people learn aggressive behavior, kids are visually influenced
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poor language contribution to delinquency
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speaking less to kids
kids teach themselves, increases stress and frustration and aggression |
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self regulation skills contribution to delinquency
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unable to control behavior and emotions
related to substance abuse, and concern for other people |
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ADHD characteristics
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inattentiveness
hyperactivity erratic disorganized |
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conduct disorder characteristics
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aggression to people or animals
destruction of property, theft deceitfulness or theft sever rule violation |
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oppositional defiant disorder characteristics
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mainly annoying, and defiant towards adults
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3 crime theory conditions
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someone must moniter child behavior
someone must recognize deviant behavior when it occurs someone must punish that behavior |
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antisocial personality disorder vs psychopathy
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one is diagnosable behavior [apd], one is surrounding psychology and cognition
psychopathy no known treatment psychopath more brutal |
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features of psychopathy
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selfish
lack of empathy failure to learn from mistakes superficially charming |
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4 types of threats
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direct threat
indirect threat veiled threat conditional threat |
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3 steps of fire setters
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fire interest
fire experimentation fire setting |
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aggression
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behavior with the intention to harm another individual or group of individuals physically or psychologically
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violence
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physical force with the intention of injuring, abusing, or destroying
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1st degree murder
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premeditated, deliberate killing
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2nd degree murder
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murder with intent, but without premeditation
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involuntary manslaughter
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killing of another human being, no guard, no design
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voluntary manslaughter
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crime of passion
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manslaughter
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killing of human without malice or afterthought
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negligent homicide
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neglect is the cause of death
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serial murder
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individual kills at least 3 people over a period of time, cooling off period
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spree murder
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killing of 3 or more without cool off, two or more locations
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mass murder
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killing of 3 or more at a single location:
family, classic |
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hate crime
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killing committed due to motivation by hate for a race, gender, religion
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intimate homicide
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murder of a spouse or domestic partner
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4 types of violent crime
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murder
forcible rape robbery (not burglary) aggravated assault |
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2 main types of violence
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instrumental- to get something
reactive- hostile reaction to threat |
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4 causes of violent behavior
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biological- brain damage
cognitive- how person thinks situational-due to enviornment socialization- learned |
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4 types of multiple murders
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serial
spree mass murder- classic mass murder- family |
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4 types of mass murder
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family annihilators
pseudo commanders set and run killers discipline murder |
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discipline murder
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kill to gain acceptance from leader
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set and run killers
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use bombing or poison to allow own escape
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pseudo commanders
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bring too many weapons
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family annihilators
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kill entire family
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4 serial killer typologies
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visionary
mission oriented hedonistic power control |
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serial killer: visionary
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driven by delusions or hallucinations that compel him or her to kill
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serial killer: mission oriented
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there is a particular group of people who are considered undesirable and must be destroyed
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serial killer: hedonistic
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strives for pleasure and thrills, people are objects for enjoyment
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serial killer: power control
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preys on weak, satisfaction from the absolute life or death control over victim
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5 types of stalkers
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intimacy seeking
rejected incompetent resentful predatory |
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stalker: intimacy seeking
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socially isolated, lonely, socially inept
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stalker: rejected stalkers
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largest group, predominately ex partners
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stalker: incompetent
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previous stalkers, victims are attractive potential partners but not infatuated with them
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stalker: resentful
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motives are to frighten victim
very paranoid, delusional |
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stalker: predatory
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small group, sexually violent
takes pleasure in the sense of power by stalking and sexual assult |