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One report found that some people have acted out with violence were also targeted individuals.<ref name="Sarteschi 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Sarteschi |first1=Christine M. |title=Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection |journal=Violence and Gender |date=March 2018 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=45–54 |doi=10.1089/vio.2017.0022}}</ref> One report found that some people have acted out with violence were also targeted individuals.<ref name="Sarteschi 2018">{{cite journal |last1=Sarteschi |first1=Christine M. |title=Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection |journal=Violence and Gender |date=March 2018 |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=45–54 |doi=10.1089/vio.2017.0022}}</ref>

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Gang stalking is the practice of many individuals stalking a victim, the targeted individual, in some coordinated way. Many online discussions of the practice are by people who report the distress of the stalking. Other publications about the practice report it as a medical or mental problem of persecutory delusions.

A 2020 article reported that there were few existing scientific examinations of the gang stalking experience. That same study did identify that there is a community of individuals making reports of gang stalking and having a common disturbing experience, and recommended that researchers study the problem.

Gang stalking may happen for various reasons. Some victims report that the motivation is to disrupt every part of their lives. Gang stalking is described as a shared experience where the gang stalkers all have coordination to harass individuals, and the individuals share their victim experiences with each other.

People began reporting gang stalking after the year 2000. "Stalking" itself was a socially new concept which people began to report starting in the 1980s. Both of these experiences are culture specific, so people talk about them differently in different times, places, and circumstances.

In 2016 a report in The New York Times estimated that the number of people experiencing gang stalking was about 10,000. That article also reported a lack of available information about the topic, and identified the 2015 paper by Sheridan and James as the first scientific examination of gang stalking.

One cause for the rise in reports of gang stalking is Internet connectivity. As people who experienced gang stalking are able to share information throughout the community, more people report their own experiences.

There are online forums where targeted individuals share their gang stalking experiences with others like them.

One report found that some people have acted out with violence were also targeted individuals.

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References

  1. ^ Lustig, A; Brookes, G; Hunt, D (5 March 2021). "Linguistic Analysis of Online Communication About a Novel Persecutory Belief System (Gangstalking): Mixed Methods Study". Journal of medical Internet research. 23 (3): e25722. doi:10.2196/25722. PMID 33666560.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  2. ^ Sheridan, L; James, DV; Roth, J (6 April 2020). "The Phenomenology of Group Stalking ('Gang-Stalking'): A Content Analysis of Subjective Experiences". International journal of environmental research and public health. 17 (7). doi:10.3390/ijerph17072506. PMID 32268595.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  3. ^ McPhate, Mike (10 June 2016). "United States of Paranoia: They See Gangs of Stalkers". The New York Times.
  4. Pierre, Joe (20 October 2020). "Gang Stalking: Real-Life Harassment or Textbook Paranoia?". Psychology Today.
  5. Pierre, Joe (October 31, 2020). "Gang Stalking: Conspiracy, Delusion, and Shared Belief". Psychology Today.
  6. Pierre, Joe (November 16, 2020). "Gang Stalking: Conspiracy, Delusion, and Shared Belief". Psychology Today.
  7. Sheridan, Lorraine P.; James, David V. (3 September 2015). "Complaints of group-stalking ('gang-stalking'): an exploratory study of their nature and impact on complainants". The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 26 (5): 601–623. doi:10.1080/14789949.2015.1054857.
  8. ^ Dietrich, Elizabeth (1 January 2015). "Gang stalking : internet connectivity as an emerging mental health concern". Theses, Dissertations, and Projects. Smith College.
  9. Tait, Amelia (7 August 2020). ""Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?" Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking". MIT Technology Review.
  10. Sarteschi, Christine M. (March 2018). "Mass Murder, Targeted Individuals, and Gang-Stalking: Exploring the Connection". Violence and Gender. 5 (1): 45–54. doi:10.1089/vio.2017.0022.

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