RT Article
T1 New trends in the criminalization of stalking in the EU member states
JF European journal on criminal policy and research
VO 24
IS 3
SP 315
OP 333
A1 Aa, Suzan van der 1982-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1583653821
AB Article 34 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence obliges signatory states to criminalize stalking. This article provides an inventory of criminal anti-stalking legislation in the 28 EU Member States in order to see whether they live up to this obligation. Although the number of Member States with dedicated legislation has increased significantly (n = 21) there are some questionable trends, such as the proliferation of criminal provisions which require the victim to have experienced fear or distress or an inclusion of an exhaustive list of stalking tactics. Although the states are not in evident violation of article 34 their perception of what constitutes stalking sometimes deviates from the intentions of the Convention.
K1 Stalking
K1 Criminal law
K1 European member states
K1 Häusliche Gewalt
DO 10.1007/s10610-017-9362-1