Stalking

• Autor(a) principal: Valério, Joana Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/162123
• topic: Perseguição; Stalking; Cyberstalking; Artigo 154.º-A do Código Penal; Liberdade; Convenção de Istambul; Direito

The crime of persecution was regulated in Article 154.º-A of the Portuguese Penal Code to comply with the guidelines set in the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention. It is difficult to define persecution, and even more difficult is to establish a boundary between licit behavior and behavior that fulfills this illicit. However, persecution can be understood as a form of relational violence characterized by the persistent and repeated act of pursuing or harassing another person against their will, through various behaviors intended to induce fear or distress or harming freedom of autonomy. This includes actions such as observing, following, monitoring or contacting the victim. The analysis of this crime is relevant due to factors such as the increasing number of reported incidents; its current inclusion among the top 9 most committed crimes in Portugal; its potential to persist for years; its interference with the victim's self-determination; the fact that anyone can be a victim regardless of gender or race; its potential to be committed through various means, including technological ones; society's tendency to romanticize typical behaviors associated with this crime; the significant psychological, physical, economic, and social consequences it brings to the lives of victims and their families.