Stalking in Kirklees, Policing and Support for Victims: Metadata and Documentation, 2022-2023

This collection consists of the documentation and metadata for the ESRC project "Ten years on Stalking in Kirklees: policing and support for victims".

This research supported understanding of stalking in Kirklees (West Yorkshire), ten years on from major developments in policy and practice, and amid continuing concern about how stalking is recognised, investigated and responded to by criminal justice agencies and support services. The motivation for the study was twofold: first, to build a clearer local picture of how stalking presents and is policed in Kirklees; and second, to generate evidence that can inform improvements in police response, safeguarding, referral pathways and survivor support, particularly for women who experience stalking.

The study aimed to capture perspectives from two key groups through semi-structured qualitative interviews: police officers working in the Kirklees district (including frontline and strategic roles) and women with lived experience of stalking.

The accompanying documentation shows that interviews were designed to explore: officers’ knowledge of stalking and how it differs from harassment; legal understanding and perceptions of seriousness; challenges in identifying patterns of behaviour; responses to domestic/ex-partner versus stranger stalking; use of Stalking Protection Orders and other protective orders; risk assessment and safeguarding (including MARAC processes); barriers to reporting and victim engagement; training, guidance and specialist resources; and partnership working across agencies. Interviews with women were designed to focus on experiences of police involvement and support, including feeling believed, safety outcomes, referrals, and experiences of the criminal justice process, alongside the impacts of stalking (including technology-facilitated stalking) and preferred language/terminology.

This record consists of metadata and documentation only. The underlying interview data could not be archived due to legal and ethical constraints.

本数据集包含经济和社会研究理事会（Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC）项目“柯克利斯地区跟踪骚扰十年：警务工作与受害者支持”的相关文档与元数据。

本研究旨在加深对西约克郡柯克利斯地区跟踪骚扰（stalking）现状的认知——彼时距相关政策与实践的重大变革已过去十年，且当前社会仍持续关注刑事司法机构与支持服务机构如何识别、调查并应对跟踪骚扰行为。

本研究的双重动因如下：其一，更清晰地勾勒柯克利斯地区跟踪骚扰行为的表现形式与警务处置现状；其二，生成可用于指导优化警务响应、权益保障、转介渠道及幸存者支持的实证依据，尤其针对遭受跟踪骚扰的女性群体。

本研究通过半结构化质性访谈（semi-structured qualitative interviews），收集两类核心群体的视角：一是在柯克利斯地区任职的警务人员（含一线与战略决策岗位），二是曾亲身遭受跟踪骚扰的女性。

配套文档显示，针对警务人员的访谈旨在探讨以下内容：警务人员对跟踪骚扰的认知及其与普通骚扰的区别、对跟踪骚扰的法律认知与严重性评判、识别行为模式面临的挑战、针对家庭/前伴侣跟踪骚扰与陌生人跟踪骚扰的处置方式、跟踪骚扰保护令（Stalking Protection Orders）及其他保护令的使用情况、风险评估与权益保障（含多机构风险评估协调会议（MARAC）流程）、报案与受害者参与面临的障碍、培训、指导文件与专项资源，以及跨机构协作情况。

针对女性群体的访谈则聚焦其警务参与与支持体验，包括是否被信任、安全保障结果、转介经历、刑事司法程序体验，以及跟踪骚扰（含技术辅助型跟踪骚扰）带来的影响与偏好使用的表述/术语。

本数据集仅包含元数据与相关文档，由于法律与伦理限制，原始访谈数据无法公开归档。