Stalking-some general questions and comparative law overview

Abstract

Interest for the phenomenom of stalking has been on the rise over recent years, especially because it can sometimes be turned into serious crimes. This is why an increasing number of countries are opting for the introduction of new incriminations that will include stalking. However, the incrimination of persecution opens the problem of distinguishing this criminal offense from other related criminal offenses, and the question arises as to how the offense should be defined so that there is no excessive limitation of other rights and freedoms of citizens. Therefore, the paper is focused on general considerations concerning stalking and on the analysis of comparative solutions. Given that in Serbia stalking has been incriminated only recently, the aim of the paper is to point out to some of the problems that can be expected in practice, and to extricate some possible solutions.

Interesovanje za problem proganjanja je u porastu tokom poslednjih godina, posebno imajući u vidu da proganjanje ponekad samo prethodi izvršenju drugih teških krivičnih dela. Zbog toga se sve veći broj država opredeljuje za uvođenje novih inkriminacija koje će obuhvatiti proganjanje. Inkriminisanje proganjanja, međutim, otvara problem izdvajanja i razlikovanja navedenog krivičnog dela od drugih srodnih dela, a postavlja se i pitanje kako radnju krivičnog dela proganjanja trebalo opredeliti tako da ne dođe do preteranog ograničavanja prava i sloboda građana. Stoga su izlaganja u radu posvećena opštim razmatranjima o proganjanju, te analizi uporednopravnih rešenja. S obzirom na to da je u Srbiji proganjanje tek nedavno inkriminisano, cilj rada jeste da se ukaže na neke od problema koji se u praksi mogu očekivati, te na pravce za iznalaženje mogućih rešenja.