Harassment and Stalking
STALKING (Definition)
is unwanted and/or repeated surveillance
by an individual or group,toward another
person.
Stalking behaviours are interrelated to
harassment,and intimidation,and may include
following the victim,in person,or monitoring
them
Harassment,covers a wide range of
behaviours of an offencive nature.
It is commonly understood,as behaviour that
demeans,humiliates,or embarrasses a person,
and it is characteristically identified by it's
unlikelihood in terms of social and moral
reasonableness.
HARASSMENT and STALKING
Harassment,in the legal sense
are behaviours that are disturbing
upsetting or threatening.
they evolve from 'discriminatory
ground',and have an effect of
nullifying or impinging a person
from benefiting their rights.
When the behaviour becomes
repetitive,it is defined as bullying
TYPES OF HARASSMENT
ELECTRONIC
LANDLORD
ONLINE
POLICE
ABUSE OF POWER
PSYCHOLOGICAL
RACIAL
RELIGIOUS
SEXUAL
WORKPLACE
DISCRIMINATORY GROUND.
is treatment or consideration of
or making a distinction toward,
a person based on the group,
class.or category to which the
person is perceived to belong,
these include,
age,caste,colour,criminal record,
height,disability,ethnicity,family
status,gender etc
DISCRIMINATORY GROUND.
is treatment or consideration of
or making a distinction toward,
a person based on the group,
class,or category to which the
person is perceived to belong
these include,
age,caste,colour,criminal record,
height disability,ethnicity,family
status,gender etc
PSYCHOLOGICAL
This is humiliation,intimidating,
or abusive behaviour,which is
often difficult to detect,
no evidence,other than
VICTIM REPORTS or Complaints
this characteristically lowers a
person's self esteem,or causes
one to have overwhelming torment
it can take the form of verbal
comments,engineered episodes
of intimidation,aggressive actions,
or repeated gestures
COMMUNITY BASED
is stalking by a group,against an
individual,using repeated
distractions that the individual
is sensitized to
