The Age of Cyber Stalking

The Age of Cyber Stalking Stalking is a form of harassment. The legal definition of harassment is “a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose” or “words, gestures, and actions which tend to annoy, alarm and abuse (verbally) another person (Black’s). Stalking relates back to the time when harassment was done via the telephone. At that point in time, it …

…needs to keep up with technology as far as “crime busting” is concerned. If you are online it is your responsibility to use it properly, nobody can force you too. Once law enforcement officials take this seriously everyone else will and that will make a big difference. Police departments need to be equipped with the necessary equipment to prove and prosecute cyber stalkers. With the proper laws and punishments cyber stalking would decrease. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**