Stalking

This Bachelor´s thesis concentrates on attitude of the professional public about danger chase, or stalking. Permanent stalking is quite serious crime. Danger stalking is penalized from 1st January, 2010 in the Czech Republic. Moreover in accordance with the principle ?ULTIMA RACIO? the Stalking was established as the facts of the case in the Penal code nr. 40/2009. The theoretical part of thesis has an interdisciplinary character. Point of view is considered in two levels. There is a sociological and a juridical level. In this part is described current state and short history of phenomenon stalking; furthermore sorts of stalking and typology of offenders. There is also described the impact of stalking for victim, and the ways how to face up to danger stalking. The conclusion describes legislation and statistical data of stalking. The main goal of this thesis was ascertain, whether there is a public requirement to stalker is being penalized. Consequently, I determined partial aims. Is danger stalking frequent phenomenon and is the stalking so serious crime that it is necessary to punishe stalker in accordance with the criminal code. I used the qualitative method in this research. I chose technique of half-structured interview for collecting of information. Collected notes were recorded by word-for-word transcription. There was used the method of open coding for data analysis. There were nine respondents in my thesis. These respondents are experts for issue of danger stalking. The research showed, that there is an agreement among experts that stalking is serious, however not frequent crime. There was also consensus about necessity to classify stalking as the crime. Moreover most of them agree with present criminal sanction. There was not any respondent with other opinion. The result of the research corresponds with my conviction. The thesis refers to requirement of Czech legislation. It could be contribution for non-professional, or charity organization that concern on stalking. Results of thesis should be used as the feedback for specialized public, or professionals