Cyber stalking expert warns against bullying online
Fri 12 September, 2014
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ cyber stalking and harassment expert, Dr Emma Short has said those ignoring cyber bullying are adding to the issue – following new figures that a record number of people were prosecuted in England and Wales last year for harassment and stalking.
In , the Senior Lecturer of Counselling Psychology – who is the Co-director of The National Centre for Cyberstalking Research at the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ – spoke about the commonalities associated with cyber bullying and cyber abuse.
Today’s (CPS) are the first since a new legislation was introduced to make stalking a specific offence.
They show that 743 cases were brought to court – cases which may not have been charged under previous law.
Dr Short, who also specialises in phone behaviours, told Dragana Brown at the Huffington Post that a cyber bully usually consists of someone who is persistently abusing someone for around four weeks.
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