Crime of Stalking and Protection of its Victims

Crime of Stalking and Protection of its Victims This diploma thesis focuses on the issue of stalking, or more precisely on its individual aspects and its legislation in the Czech Republic. As for the structure of this thesis, it is divided into five main sections. The first section deals with stalking in general. The individual chapters are devoted to the definition of this term, the historical development of this phenomenon and common forms of stalking, including two specific types of stalking, which are cyberstalking and stalking in the workplace. The second section deals with the characteristics of stalkers and their motives. The third section concerns the victims of stalking. The individual chapters successively analyse the typologies of victims, the impact of stalking on victims, including post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as the main strategies oriented towards helping the victims of stalking and, finally, the issue of false victims. The third section and the fourth one are the most comprehensive of all and together they constitute the core of the thesis. The fourth section focuses on anti-stalking legislation of the Czech Republic, whereas the most comprehensive chapter is devoted to the crime of stalking. This chapter is concluded with the issue of punishment for this crime and also...