Harassment & Stalking The assignment must be a minimum of 3-full pages in length

Harassment & Stalking
The assignment must be a minimum of 3-full pages in length with a minimum of 3-outside sources.
A break from the OPM case this week.
1) What is cyberstalking? Research the Megan Meier case. Do you agree with the ruling?
At the time of the Megan Meier suicide, the state of Missouri had the below laws:
SB 0758 – Revises Law Relating to Computer Crimes
565.090 – Includes reference to communications by any means in crime of harassment.
565.225 – Revises definition of “credible threat” relating to crime of stalking to include certain written, electronic or telephonic communications, or certain postings of a site or message.
SB 0070 and SB 255 – Prohibits certain fraudulent use of the Internet effective August 28, 2001
SCS/SBs 70 & 255 – This act prohibits a person from operating an Internet website which causes another person’s computer to dial a telephone number for which a charge is assessed without the other person’s consent. A violation is a Class A misdemeanor unless the long distance charges exceed five hundred dollars, in which case the violation is a Class C felony. The act provides for venue where the victim resides or where the crime occurred. This portion of the act is similar to SB 70.
The act also adds electronic mail messages as a method by which a person may commit the crime of harassment, and prohibits the use of electronic mail to send obscene or indecent commercial messages. This provision is similar to SB 255
Do you think that they should have used these laws to prosecute Drew?
Reference
Tokunaga, R. S., & Aune, K. S. (2017). Cyber-defense: A taxonomy of tactics for managing cyberstalking. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(10), 1451-1475. doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1177/0886260515589564
Additional Resources
Article – Exploring cognitive decision-making processes, computer focused cyber deviance involvement and victimization: The role of thoughtfully reflective decision making. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 54(5), 639-679. doi:10.1177/0022427817693036 Retrieved August 20, 2017
Video – When does “Stalking” become a crime? Retrieved August 16, 2017

Video – Cyber Harassment and Cyber Stalking: The New Frontier of Civil Rights in the Twenty-First Century. (2015, February 27). Retrieved August 20, 2017

Cyberstalking
There is no universally accepted definition of cyberstalking, yet the term tends to refer to one individual harassing another individual on the Internet using various modes of transmission such as electronic mail, text messages, chat rooms, social media and the World Wide Web. Cyberstalkers can also obtain personal information about their victims (e.g. social security numbers, phone numbers, home address, place of work) from the Internet and utilize this information to meet their victims in person.
Cyberstalking is an online crime that disrupts lives, instills fear, and if taken offline may result in physical violence to the individual being stalked. Due the varying levels of online harassment, victims may or may not report their experience to law enforcement or similar support agencies.
Levels of harassment range from annoying to deadly. The perception of the victim as to the nature of the harassment determines whether or not they report that they are being cyberstalked.
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), Cyberstalking.

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