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Cyberstalking and harassment

Cyberstalking is analogous to traditional forms of stalking in that it incorporates persistent behaviours that instil apprehension and fear. However, because by definition cyberstalking takes place in a 'virtual' environment, it draws our attention to what is distinct about the world of the internet and the way it incorporates dimensions never envisaged by those seeking to control behaviour though legislation.

Source: Ogilvie E 2000. The internet and cyberstalking, paper presented at the conference 'Stalking : criminal justice responses', 7-8 Dec 2000. (PDF 24kB)

Australian resources

• Cyberstalking
  Caslon Analytics, 2006
• A critical analysis of Queensland's cyberstalking legislation
  Daniel Sullivan. New South Wales Society for Computers and the Law journal no. 48, 2002
• A different internet security problem - harassment, security and identity theft
  Peter Bowditch, 2002

Other countries and international

• Cyber-dilemmas : gendered hierarchies, free expression and cyber-safety in schools (PDF 99kB)
  Shaheen Shariff and Rachel Gouin. Safety and security in a networked world conference : balancing cyber-rights and responsibilities, 2005
• Cyberstalking and internet harassment : what the law can do (PDF 72kB)
  David Harvey, 2003
• An exploration of predatory behaviour in cyberspace : towards a typology of cyberstalking
  Leroy McFarlane and Paul Bocij. First Monday journal 8(9), 2003
• A cybercop's guide to internet child safety (PDF 1.68MB)
  Glen Klinkart, 2002
• Cyberstalking (PDF 427kB)
  Angela Maxwell. Auckland University (masters paper), 2001
• Cyberstalking : obsessional pursuit and the digital criminal
  Wayne Petherick, 1999
• Report on cyberstalking : a new challenge for law enforcement and industry
  US Attorney-General, report to the Vice President, 1999
• Cyberstalking study (PPT 190kB)
  WiredSafety.Org

• WiredSafety : Cyberstalking and harassment
• Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHO@)

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