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Many perpetrators are possessed by the idea that not they — but the other party — have a problem. They will not listen to police.

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A National Police Agency (NPA) spokesman. Since last year, the NPA has been operating a treatment program for stalkers to whom it has sent warnings to receive counseling from medical specialists. But the police cannot force stalkers to undergo such treatment. (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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You can't convince people to show others respect.

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Basically stalking is not a disease but it is a inacceptable behavior and affects the personal integrity of the victim. The waste majority of stalkers denies that their behavior consists of something which threatens the other person. They declare that it is pure love and similar cognitive distortions. That's why there is no motivation to change their behavior. Therefore without clear legal obligations and disciplinary punishment stalkers won't undergo an effective treatment.

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They should change the behavior of the person being stalked. Like train them how to use mace.

Or you could make it easy. Once you put somebody on a "do not call list" or a "do not email list" and make sure they know they're on the list by sending them a registered letter, that's it. Throw them in jail if they call or email after that.

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Basically stalking is not a disease

@Novenachama

I would argue that in many (most?) cases stalking by males and females is at least in part the manifestation of an obsessive disorder and/or a sociopathic disorder. Still, certainly not excusable though.

I also think that most stalkers would never undergo treatment, but a minority might. I commend the NPA for at least making the opportunity available — and given that opportunity, when a stalker is caught he/she can't claim that there was no help available.

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@Sensato

In the field of psychology we often group individuals who stalk into two categories. Psychotic and nonpsychotic. Stalkers may have pre-existing psychotic disorders such as delusional disorder, schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia as well as a variety of Axis II personality disorders. Some of the symptoms of obsessing over a person may be characteristic of obsessive compulsive personality disorder. On the other hand nonpsychotic stalkers' pursuit of victims can be influenced by various psychological factors, including anger, hostility, projection of blame, obsession, minimization, denial, and jealously.

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