Assignment:
You need help creating a topic paper (2 to 3 pages) discussing the following:
1. Importance of recognizing the signs of stalking
2. Criminal definition of stalking for your jurisdiction (cite a relevant stalking statute)
3. Key facts that you felt all office personnel should know about stalking (such as the remedies designed to help a stalking victim)
4. Create an intake form in addition to the topic paper that can be used to get important information from alleged victims of stalking.
5. The form should require information about the nature and frequency of stalking and should determine if the elements of the crime of stalking are present.
The form should also ask questions that will elicit answers that help indicate what type of stalking situation exists, asking such things such as is the victim is acquainted with the suspect, and if so, how; if not, how does the victim think the suspect knows or has encountered the victim? It should ask for the frequency of the annoyance and if the victim is in fear and why. Most stalking statutes require a pattern of harassment or annoyance that would make a reasonable person afraid or seriously annoyed; the form should ask something that would capture that information. The form should indicate whether there is a pending divorce or other legal matters between the 2 parties.
Create an evaluation and assessment form in addition to the topic paper based on the intake form you have created that will help rank the seriousness of the threat from the suspect who is stalking.
The evaluation and assessment form should indicate your familiarity with the contemporary information on what constitutes the most dangerous threat to the victim and then provide a ranking accordingly.
Your forms should reflect contemporary information and the legal definition of the crime of stalking and what factors distinguish the most serious situations.