The designation of stalking as a form of crime has another consequence.
Examinations of stalking behaviour, however, argued that in most cases men stalked women and that stalking was a form of male domination in a patriarchal society.
Stalking is not just jealous or controlling behavior -- stalking is a form of intimate-partner violence.
"Stalking is a form of mental terrorism," said Reginald Smith, a manager in the district attorney's office, adding that the case would have been handled just as aggressively before the Sept. 11 attacks.
In Jezebel writer Katie J.M. Baker's piece on why she couldn't stop cyberstalking her ex-boyfriend's new squeeze, she wrote: "Stalking her was a form of torturing myself for ending a relationship that I wasn't sure I was ready to leave behind".
One of the most intriguing findings from these phylogenetic studies has been the hypothesis that the Stauromedusae (so-called stalked jellyfishes) form an early-diverging medusozoan clade that is separate from Scyphozoa (Coronatae and Discomedusae), within which Stauromedusae was traditionally classified [2], [3], [4], [5].
The logic behind such an approach is clear: violence against women, whether through domestic violence, rape, stalking or another form, is not simply an issue for the criminal justice system but touches on a wide range of policy areas.
C. crescentus exhibits a peculiar dimorphic lifestyle, in which the stalked cell form divides asymmetrically to produce a flagellated "swarmer" cell.
The other principal body type of the adult cnidarian is the polyp, a stalked, sessile (attached) form.
Jennifer said it was a form of stalking.
