Biography
Biography: Lisa J Warren
Abstract
This workshop sets out the behavioural, legal and clinical trajectories of stalking: an old behaviour but a relatively new social construct. Stalking is defined as repeated, unwanted intrusions that are typically impervious to stop messages and behavioural extinction. The motivations to stalk are described as they occur in various relationship dyads, from strangers to family violence. The workshop provides practical activities to categorise various stalking scenarios, determine risks and warning behaviours, and choose interventions that shield stalking victims and deter stalkers. The notion of fixation is presented as those who nurture preoccupations with a person or cause, particularly those whose fixations are a warning behaviour for violence.