Stalking, Threatening, and Attacking Public Figures is a comprehensive survey of the current knowledge about stalking, violence risk, and threat management towards public figures. With contributions from forensic psychologists, clinicians, researchers, attorneys, and current and former law enforcement professionals, this book is the first of its kind, international in scope, and rich in both depth and complexity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Foreword: Robert Fein and Bryan Vossekuil
- 1: J. Reid Meloy, Lorraine Sheridan, Jens Hoffmann: Public Figures Stalking: The State of the Science
- Section I: Defining the Risk
- 2: J. Reid Meloy, Kris Mohandie, Mila Green McGowan: A Forensic Investigation of Those Who Stalk Celebrities
- 3: Paul E. Mullen, David V. James, J. Reid Meloy, Michele T. Pathe, Frank R. Farnham, Lulu Preston, Brian Darnley: The Role of Psychotic Illness in Attacks on Public Figures
- 4: Louis B. Schlesinger, V. Blair Mesa: Homicidal Celebrity Stalkers: Dangerous Obsessions with Nonpolitical Public Figures
- 5: Frederick S. Calhoun, Stephen W. Weston: On Public Figure Howlers
- 6: Jens Hoffmann, Lorraine Sheridan: Stalking, Threatening and Attacking Corporate Figures
- 7: James Biesterfeld, J. Reid Meloy: The Public Figure Assassin as Terrorist
- Section II: Explaining the Risk
- 8: Jens Hoffmann, J. Reid Meloy: Contributions from Attachment Theory and Pschoanalysis to Advance Understanding of Public Figure Stalking and Attacking
- 9: Jens Hoffmann, Lorraine Sheridan: Celebrities as Victims of Stalking
- 10: Mary Ellen O'Toole, Sharon S. Smith, Robert D. Hare: Psychopathy and Predatory Stalking of Public Figures
- 11: J. Reid Meloy, Kris Mohandie: Two Case Studies of Corporate-Celebrity Victims: The Stalking of Steven Spielberg and Stephen Wynn
- 12: John Maltby, David Giles: Toward the Measurement and Profiling of Celebrity Worship
- 13: Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach: Fanning the Flames of Fandom: Celebrity Worship, Parasocial Interaction, and Stalking
- Section III: Managing the Risk
- 14: Jeff Dunn: Operations of the LAPD Threat Management Unit
- 15: P. Randall Kropp, Stephen D. Hart, David R. Lyon: Risk Assessment of Public Figure Stalkers
- 16: Robert T.M. Phillips: Preventing Assassination: Psychiatric Consultation to the United States Secret Service
- 17: Karl Roberts: Offender Profiling and Celebrity Stalking Cases
- 18: Rhonda Saunders, Sean Wainwright: Prosecuting Celebrity Stalkers
- 19: Mario J. Scalora, William Zimmerman, David G. Wells: Use of Threat Assessment for the Protection of the United States Congress
- 20: Sharon S. Smith: From Violent Words to Violent Deeds: Assessing Risk from FBI Threating Communication Cases
- Index
