This book addresses domestic abuse and stalking among young people in the UK and Ireland with
a focus on intersectionality and lifestyle settings. In partnership with the Alice Ruggles
Trust this book draws on a wealth of expert contributions including those with lived
experience frontline services such as Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service charities
EmilyTest and Hollie Gazzard Trust researchers of so-called honour-based abuse and online
harms and forensic psychologists who work with people who stalk. It begins with an overview of
ways to recognise harmful behaviours including those carried out online. The discussion then
moves on to methods and motivations of stalking and coercive control and the various lifestyle
contexts including education environments young people in the workplace and the role of the
police and frontline support services in tackling these issues. It is a vital resource for
undergraduate students across criminology sociology law psychology education social
justice policing and forensic psychology as well as a combination of academic researchers
and professionals working within stalking and domestic abuse support and prevention. This
action-orientated book also includes 'Key Points' and 'Discussion Questions' in each chapter to
direct student learning in the classroom and to create discussion points for wider readers.
