What exactly is considered stalking?

Question

If you havent contacted a guy in about a month and hes sent you flowers, a letter saying hes sorry, and a bear, is this considered stalking?

Answer 1

No, that is not considered stalking.  If he is constantly showing up at your door, or following you around, that IS stalking

Answer 2

That is not even close to stalking. Stalking would be him leaving things on your car in the middle of the night or while you were at work. Stalking would be when you hear something outside your home and he would just be standing there, looking at your apartment. Calling and texting at all hours of the day and night.

Sounds like he just wants you back.

Answer 3

First let us start defining what stalking is all about.

According to wikipedia Stalking is the obsessive following, observing, or contacting of another person, or the obsessive attempt to engage in any of these activities. This includes following the person to certain places, to see where they live or what the person does on a daily basis, it also includes seeking and obtaining the person's personal information in order to contact him or her; e.g. looking for his or her details on computers, electoral rolls, personal files and other material containing the person's private information without his or her consent.

THESE GUY is considered to be a long lost friend or something which didn't heard or have news before in a long long time. While the opposite of stalking who follow you everywhere you go, except the toilet of course.

If you didn't heard from him a month back and suddenly send you flowers for reminding you of him and a letter meaning he is returning back FROM THE GRAVE, some kind of ZOMBIE then it is not Stalking per se.

Answer 4

Unlikely.

All crimes are specifically defined in the criminal statutes of each state.  You should be able to find a copy of your state's code in any public library.  In NYS, you will find the law in Article 120, the same aprt that deals with assault and menacing crimes.

Answer 5

No, not really.  Sounds like he is hoping you have a change of heart and give him a second chance.  If he starts following you places, hanging around the place you live, and showing up in your life uninvited....then it could start to be stalking.  Right now, maybe you could just have a talk with him and explain to him how you feel and its over.  This way, if he continue, you can always say that you told him no and he is ignoring your request.

Answer 6

No stalking is sneaking around to watch you staying outside your house . watching where you go when you leave and who with . .. sounds like this guy really cares about you . you should feel special not stalked  

Answer 7

It definitely sounds like he is still interested - are you?

this is the legal description of stalking:

What is stalking?

Behavior wherein an individual willfully and repeatedly engages in a knowing course of harassing conduct directed at another person which reasonably and seriously alarms, torments, or terrorizes that person.

Stalking involves one person's obsessive behavior toward another person. Initially, stalking will usually take the form of annoying, threatening, or obscene telephone calls, emails or letters. The calls may start with one or two a day but can quickly increase in frequency. Stalkers may conduct covert surveillance of the victim, following every move his target makes. Even the victim's home may be staked out.

Answer 8

No not at all thats just him trying to say sorry and gain your forgiveness, stalking is repeated things like this and following someone around when they clearly do NOT want you around. If this happens you might have to consider getting a restraining order because it can show something wrong with the persons mind. Hope this helps.

Answer 9

Nobody here can tell you because you didn't tell anyone what jurisdiction you're in.  Laws vary between jurisdictions.

In California, this is stalking:

646.9.  (a) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly

follows or willfully and maliciously harasses another person and who

makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in

reasonable fear for his or her safety, or the safety of his or her

immediate family is guilty of the crime of stalking, punishable by

imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or by a

fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that

fine and imprisonment, or by imprisonment in the state prison.

[...]

   (e) For the purposes of this section, "harasses" means engages in

a knowing and willful course of conduct directed at a specific person

that seriously alarms, annoys, torments, or terrorizes the person,

and that serves no legitimate purpose.

   (f) For the purposes of this section, "course of conduct" means

two or more acts occurring over a period of time, however short,

evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected

activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct."

   (g) For the purposes of this section, "credible threat" means a

verbal or written threat, including that performed through the use of

an electronic communication device, or a threat implied by a pattern

of conduct or a combination of verbal, written, or electronically

communicated statements and conduct, made with the intent to place

the person that is the target of the threat in reasonable fear for

his or her safety or the safety of his or her family, and made with

the apparent ability to carry out the threat so as to cause the

person who is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or

her safety or the safety of his or her family. It is not necessary to

prove that the defendant had the intent to actually carry out the

threat. The present incarceration of a person making the threat shall

not be a bar to prosecution under this section. Constitutionally

protected activity is not included within the meaning of "credible

threat."

So as far as what you're asking about, not in California.  I would seriously doubt it would qualify as stalking anywhere in the USA, in fact.

Answer 10

NO!  WOW!  

Were you going for the dumb question of the day?  It is early, but I think you have it so far.

Diana...what a typical "LAWYER" answer.  NO COURT ON THE PLANET WOULD CONSIDER THIS STALKING, with the possible exception of the 9th Circuit Court of IDIOTS!

Answer 11

That's easy. Stalking is the obsessive following, observing, or contacting of another person, or the obsessive attempt to engage in any of these activities. This includes following the person to certain places, to see where they live or what the person does on a daily basis, it also includes seeking and obtaining the person's personal information in order to contact him or her; e.g. looking for his or her details on computers, electoral rolls, personal files and other material containing the person's private information without his or her consent.

Answer 12

Uh NO........stalking is when someone watches you from a distance and follows you know what your doing..definitly far from wat you said he probably likes you its called love.

Answer 13

Stalking would be taking the flowers and slowly removing the leaves, causing the stems to become bare. This can also be done with celery, but that should be done in the food section. I hope this helps.