Insight: July 16
This week on Insight Jenny Brockie and guests discuss the alarming numbers associated with stalking.
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This week on Insight Jenny Brockie and guests discuss the alarming numbers associated with stalking – including some men who don’t think they are doing anything wrong.
Some experts suggest around one in five women is stalked in their lifetime. This week, Insight delves inside the minds of the stalkers.
Those accused of stalking tell host Jenny Brockie what they do and why they do it – some are remorseful; others aren’t.
They are joined by guests who share their intensely personal accounts of being stalked by former partners and aggrieved clients.
Psychologists and police also weigh in to explore the definition of stalking, whether the laws are strict enough and whether stalkers can be reformed.
Guests include:
John stalked his ex-partner after they separated. He says he was constantly trying to find her and called around 30 times a day. Through counselling and men’s behavioural change courses, John can now reflect on his past stalking and has come to understand he was scaring his ex-partner further away.
Audrey is being stalked by a man she had a brief relationship with decades ago. She found out he had installed a remote access camera in her computer and stolen personal files. He was charged with stalking and ordered to stay away. Audrey says her life is still being interfered with.
James has served several prison sentences for stalking. He has breached intervention orders by repeatedly contacting and seeing his children and ex-partner. Even though stalking is a criminal offence in every Australian state and territory, James feels he has done nothing wrong.
Nanette was stalked by a former partner who eventually entered her home, cut her face and beat her so forcefully she nearly died. Nanette says despite a restraining order, police didn’t take her reports of stalking seriously. Police later made a training video featuring Nanette’s story to teach police officers how to better handle such cases.
Dr Troy McEwan is a Clinical Forensic Psychologist who treats stalkers. Troy says stalkers fall into five types. She defines stalking as repeated, unwanted contact that induces fear, stress or anxiety. She is a Research Fellow at Monash University.
Tuesday 16 July, 8.30pm on SBS ONE
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I just want to register my utter disgust at what was done during SBS News to advertise this programme. Masking a News story as a way to promote it. I did notice you did it two weeks ago also for The Observer Effect and the Lieutenant General. I said nothing because I thought you would realise it didn’t work. I was wrong to let it go.
I think this dates back to Go Back To Where You Come From. That’s where you learnt the trick. I’ll just remind you on the story about the Boy Who Cried Wolf. It might work the first time and be successful. But do that kind of thing too often and people won’t trust you nor believe you. That’s what you have done. Become untrustworthy and lack integrity in the name of promotion. There is no little bit of integrity on this. You have it or you don’t.