The stalking of lawyers: a survey amongst professionals in milan.
This is the first study focused on the stalking of lawyers. The authors hypothesized that these professionals are at risk of being stalked by their clients and that this stalking is ascribable to RECON type I.B. A random sample of lawyers was survived. 37.3% of 166 respondents revealed to have been stalked: not only by clients, but also by adversaries and colleagues. Data seem to confirm that the stalking of lawyers mainly belongs to RECON type I.B. Female lawyers were at greater risk than male lawyers. In family law cases, the professionals tended to be stalked by the former husbands of the lawyers' clients (p < 0.01). Several female lawyers-but no male lawyers-were threatened with harm to their family members (p < 0.05). Most of the stalking victims described psychological effects of being stalked. Who suffered physical aggression or repercussions on work was more likely to lodge a complaint (p < 0.01).
Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Section of Legal and Insurance Medicine, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli, 37, Milano, 20133, Italy.
Isabella
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Merzagora Betsos
Matteo
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Marchesi
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000374:Aggression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D033241:Lawyers / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D055807:Stalking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
behavioral sciences; criminology; forensic science; lawyer; professional; stalking; targeted violence