First I would like to thank all victims, victims/survivors of stalking who
were willing to share their experiences with me. I am grateful to the 24
women and 2 men that despite being terrorised and abused they had
the moral strength and emotional resilience to provide me with candid,
in-depth insights about this form of mental abuse and allowed me to document
the emotional realities and traumatic experiences of their lives. I
hope this book reflects the truth(s) of your voices and conveys the essence
of your experiences. I hope you found some light and peace in your lives.
I would like to thank the Department of Criminology at Swansea
University (SouthWales, UK) that gave me the opportunity by awarding
me a Ph.D. studentship in 2009 to do my doctoral research on a subject
I was so interested in and as a result produce a thesis on which this book
is based.