by Emma Short C.Psychol, PhD, MSc., CSci, AFBPsS, FRSA
Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Co Director National Centre for Cyberstalking Research at the University of Bedfordshire and a director of Protection Against Stalking.
Staying indoors is no longer the best way to avoid bumping into people you don’t want to see. In fact, given the ubiquitous presence of technology, your own kitchen,study or bedroom can become the place where harassers can reach you most easily.
CAADA has created a cost-effective, one-day training course in partnership with Protection Against Stalking, designed to help professionals working with victims to develop a best practice response to stalking, through prevention, risk assessment, safety and action planning. Thanks to funding from Protection Against Stalking, CAADA are thrilled to be able to offer this course at the reduced cost of £75, unaccredited or £125 with accreditation.
It is one year to the day since the implementation of the new stalking laws in England and Wales. Protection Against Stalking, together with Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Voice4Victims, Action Scotland Against Stalking, the University of Bedfordshire’s National Centre for Cyberstalking Research and others committed to help stalking victims and their families are marking this first anniversary with a joint statement which we have summarised below.
Hugh Grant, the film actor and director, and a director of the high profile 'Hacked Off' phone tapping campaign has become a patron of the leading stalking charity 'Protection Against Stalking'.
Protection Against Stalking (PAS), a small young charity who already enjoy the patronage of perfumery distributor boss Kenneth Green, won the Dodd's 'Charity Champions of the Year 2012 Award' (as voted on by Westminster parliamentarians) and The Charity Times Magazine Awards 'Best Campaigning team of the Year 2012', following their successful campaign through parliament to have stalking recognised as a crime and the introduction of tough new stalking laws which were introduced in the autumn of 2012.
Jennifer Perry is an internet safety expert and consumer advocate writing the first UK Internet Safety Guide for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Stalking in 2008. She works with a wide group of stakeholders including: government, enforcement agencies, industry groups, security and legal experts as well as support charities, giving her access to the latest thinking on e-crime and antisocial issues facing internet users.
Hugh Grant, the film actor and director, and a director of the high profile 'Hacked Off' phone tapping campaign has become a patron of the leading stalking charity 'Protection Against Stalking'.
