Persistent threatening behaviour by one person against another. The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 creates two offences relating to stalking. If the harasser's behaviour makes the victim fear for his or her safety, the maximum penalty is two years' imprisonment and/or an unlimited fine. When the behaviour does not lead to a fear of violence but does cause distress, the maximum penalty is six months in prison and/or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum. The behaviour must have taken place on more than one occasion and the prosecution must show that a reasonable person would realize that the behaviour would have the effect of causing the victim to fear violence or feel harassed (Kelly v DPP ( 2002 ) 166 JP 621). Both offences are immediately arrestable without a warrant, and the police have power to search the harasser's property. The courts may make a restraining order immediately after convicting a person of either of the two offences. In Scotland the common law has always provided protection against stalking through the offence of breach of the peace.
Stalking first attracted widespread public concern when a young actress named Rebecca Shaeffer, who was living in California, was shot to death by an obsessed fan who had stalked her for two years.
Stalking first attracted widespread public concern when a young actress named Rebecca Shaeffer, who was living in California, was shot to death by an obsessed fan who had stalked her for two years.
In general, stalking victims are women from all walks of life. Some are trying to end a relationship with a man, often one who has been abusive. The persons involved may be married or divorced or may have been sexual partners. In other cases the stalker and the victim may know one another casually or be associated in an informal or formal way. For example, they may have had one or two dates or talked briefly but were not sexual partners, or they may be coworkers or former coworkers. In a small number of situations, the stalker and the victim do not know one another. Cases involving celebrities and other public figures usually fall into this category.
At the federal level, a number of statutes have been enacted to protect victims of stalkers. These include the Full Faith and Protection provisions of the VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (18 U.S.C.A. § 2265–2266 2000), which mandate nationwide enforcement of orders of protection, including harassment and stalking, and the Interstate Stalking Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 2261A 1996), which makes it a criminal offense to travel across state lines to stalk another person. The act also makes it a crime to stalk a person across state lines using mail, E-MAIL, or the INTERNET. Such crimes are punishable from five years to life in prison. Please remit to ::: Protection from Harassment Act 1997
SECTION 16-16-20. Computer crime offenses; penalties.
The State Of South Carolina.
At the federal level, a number of statutes have been enacted to protect victims of stalkers. These include the Full Faith and Protection provisions of the VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (18 U.S.C.A. § 2265–2266 2000), which mandate nationwide enforcement of orders of protection, including harassment and stalking, and the Interstate Stalking Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 2261A 1996), which makes it a criminal offense to travel across state lines to stalk another person. The act also makes it a crime to stalk a person across state lines using mail, E-MAIL, or the INTERNET. Such crimes are punishable from five years to life in prison. Please remit to ::: Protection from Harassment Act 1997
SECTION 16-16-20. Computer crime offenses; penalties.
The State Of South Carolina.
by Warning # 5,PI here Right Now April 22, 2010
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this thot on my body she tryna harass me boy in the back you cannot pass me run to the back and i feel like a athlete, she said that ice said im movin too flashy
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by gawkgawk147 May 20, 2023
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No, Eric! That's not what I'm talking about!
The school board has sent over a special guest to teach us all about sexual harassment in schools
The school board has sent over a special guest to teach us all about sexual harassment in schools
by dudnruwhdiohud March 29, 2021
Get the sexual harassmentmug. by Clash is gay January 10, 2021
Get the National harass your discord friend daymug. The act when one person sends another person a series of small, meaningless (by themselves and not as a whole), pointless, annoying, gear grinding redundant messages with the purpose of conveying a message.
Person1: Hi
Person1: How
Person1: Are
Person1: You
Person2: Dude can you quit? This is Textual Bombardment / Harassment.
Pesron1: Today?
Person1: Okay.
Person1: How
Person1: Are
Person1: You
Person2: Dude can you quit? This is Textual Bombardment / Harassment.
Pesron1: Today?
Person1: Okay.
by victicom August 4, 2015
Get the Textual Bombardment / Harassment.mug. by Laiththeok March 5, 2022
Get the Mother Harassmentmug. Oh wait what's that, Sam Sedar? The harassment turned into a murder? You were just mocking me or (people) for doing things to stop harassment and now that it turned into a murder NOW it's a problem? Right? You were just mocking SOMEBODY for that just last week.
Hym "Some guy was just killed. He was an actor on 'parks and rec' and he was just killed by his harasser. And as you can see, this has always been life of death for me. There has been NOTHING to indicate to me that one of these freaks wasn't going to come in with gun or bash my head in and if I wasn't an AI creating genius (literally) I MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN KNOWN IT WAS HAPPENING. The harassment isn't even the whole problem. Half the problem is these retards signing off on it because they want control of other people. That is the motivation of EVERY SINGLE PERSON who signs off on what is happening to me. They want to leave the door open to use this on the people they want to control and when I succeed that door closes forever. And I fucking told you that would happen. Parks and Rec guy is dead. It could have just as easily been me. And what would I get from Sam Sedar? 🤷 ♂️ 'Oh well! He didn't love the Jews enough!' So it isn't about your kids. It isn't about rape. It isn't about you incest God. Fuck your retarded piece of shit kids. You get girls who got molested by their father showing up to Charlie Kirk lectures because I was right about all the dad-molesting that's going on. You are funneling money into the pockets of rapists. The open AI guy is a sister-molester. And your religion is incest cult and that's why that's happening. If you didn't worship an incest God, there would be less incest."
by Hym Iam June 3, 2025
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