Stalking

[H2O Man]

16. I don't think we disagree on that much.

I'm simply using the mental health and law enforcement definitions, which are dar more expansive on the types of stalking and the actual mental states associated with it. This includes the fact that it rarely involves psychosis, and hence is not a type of thinking or behavior that is treated with medications successfully -- if at all.

Prison is indeed required in some cases. But most are going to result in a relatively brief incarceration in county jail. Indeed, that proves successful in many cases. The understanding that breaking a law is very likely to result in legal consequences is more of a deterrent than the possibility of a extremely harsh consequence. These are facts a person may disagree with for whatever reason, yet they remain true.

I'm not one to watch "sensationalized news," either. But I do take an interest in psychology and the legal system. I suppose that is due, at least in part, to my career before retiring, and having a wide variety of law enforcement as uncles and cousins. Also, because one of his daughters recently had attended that university, the Idaho murders are something that he and I discuss. And I've even gone so far as to get out a book on one uncle, a legendary detective who did trainings for the FBI and CIA on crime scene analysis. Also a few old articles from newspapers, before the internet, including one in which experts called him the best detective in the country. He recently died, or else I'd be having conversations with him. I'll continue to leave "sensationalized news" to those who mistakenly think they understand the topics involved.