Conferences

Stalking : criminal justice responses

7-8 December 2000
Landmark Parkroyal, Sydney

Introduction

This conference investigates the crime of stalking. Although stalking-type behaviours have been documented for a long time, legislation specifically designed to protect individuals from stalking was only introduced in Australia in the early to mid 1990s.

Given the relatively recent nature of the 'crime', empirical studies of the stalking phenomenon are relatively few. In order to address this lacuna, this conference aims to cover the current empirical, social and legal attempts to deal with a crime that incorporates such diverse realms as psychiatric disorders, gender relations and cyber technology. Papers presented cover the following topics: victims; types of stalking; legislative and criminal justice responses to stalking; and international prespectives.

Conference papers

Victims of stalking

• The incidence and nature of stalking victimisation
  Dr Rosemary Purcell, Michele Pathé and Paul E Mullen, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health and Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Victoria
• The toll of stalking : relationships between features of stalking and psychopathology of victims
  Dr Eric Blaauw and F W Winkel, Department of Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; and E Arensman, Division of Clinical & Health Psychology, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Victimisation and legislation

• Stalking : criminal justice responses in Australia
  Dr Emma Ogilvie, Criminology Research Council / Australian Institute of Criminology
• Is stalking legislation effective in protecting victims?
  Dr Inez Dussuyer, Department of Justice, Victoria

Stalking : work, school, family

• The internet and cyberstalking
  Dr Emma Ogilvie, Criminology Research Council / Australian Institute of Criminology
• Women stalking women at work: a preliminary study on nurses' experiences
  Dr Charmaine Hockley, Charmaine Hockley and Associates, South Australia
• Stalking in domestic relationships : preliminary analyses of the intrusiveness scale
  Hayley Whitford and Prof Kevin Howells, University of South Australia, South Australia
• Stalking, sexual assault, domestic violence - what's in a name?
  Marg D'arcy, CASA House, Victoria
• Stalking and domestic violence : views of Queensland magistrates
  Susan Currie, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland

Stalking : international perspectives

• Keynote 1 - Stalking in the US: time to focus on treatment
  Dr Darrah Westrup, Stanford University, California, USA
• Keynote 2 - Stalking and serious violence
  Dr David James and Dr Frank Farnham, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Free & University College School of Medicine, UK

Stalking and the Australian criminal justice system

• Legislative and criminal justice responses to stalking in the context of domestic violence
  Natalie Gouda, Criminal Law Review Division, NSW Attorney-General's Department, New South Wales
• Apprehended Violence Orders and stalking
  Michael Stocker and Dr Olav Nielssen, University of Sydney, New South Wales
• Stalking : ramifications and preventive strategies for professionals
  Alexina Baldini and Jane, Mental Health Services, Victoria
• Stalking and the infliction of mental harm
  Deborah Wiener, Owen Dixon Chambers, Victoria
• Australian legislative responses to stalking
  Dr Gregor Urbas, Australian Institute of Criminology
• Stalking : intervention orders
  John Willis and Marilyn McMahon, School of Law & Legal Studies, La Trobe University, Victoria
• Sentencing the stalker
  Prof Ian Freckelton, Barristers' Clerk Howells, Victoria
• Is this stalking? a comparison between legal and community definitions of stalking
  Susan Dennison and Prof Don Thomson, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences and Liberal Studies, Charles Sturt University, New South Wales

International research on stalking

• What is stalking? The match between legislation and public perception
  Dr Lorraine Sheridan, University of Leicester, UK
• Stalking in the Netherlands
  Dr Marijke Malsch, Institute for Study of Criminality and Law Enforcement, The Netherlands
• Women stalking in Iran
  Amir Hossein Kordvani, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK