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types of stalker  

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  • The early stages of understanding behavioral phenomena often begin with attempts to identify types of individuals engaging in such behavior. When the first antistalking laws were passed in the early 1990s, efforts were undertaken to identify types of stalkers. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Stalkers, Types of]

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