Stalking

Stalking refers to unwanted attention by individuals that puts a person in fear of their safety, the stalker may follow you, harass you, call you, watch your house, send you mail you don’t want or act in other ways to frighten you. I personally think that stalking will make a person paranoid and it could be up to a point where they’ll even be afraid to step out of their house. After doing research on stalking I found an interesting article which i have posted a link for below on a women named Claire Waxman who had been shot by her ex boyfriend who had also been stalking her including, following her relentlessly, braking into her car, bombarding her with letters and gifts, making silent phone calls and even arrived at her daughter's nursery posing as a prospective parent. This had a big effect on the victim as she was under alot of stress, suffered a miscarriage, had to move house quite often and also developed an eating disorder. Within the article a forensic psychologist states that one in five women and one in 10 men will be stalked in their lifetime for at least six months. "Stalking has a massive effect on victims". This article was shocking as it showed how far stalking can actually go and ruin someones life.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jan/29/stalkers-are-criminals