EXCLUSIVE THE first student taken on by a centre dedicated to anti-stalking research says she is hopeful her work can help victims’ voices be heard. Karen Fullerton-Chalmers will study her PhD at the pioneering Centre for Action Against Stalking, a joint venture between the University of the West of Scotland and charity Action Against Stalking, set up by former Glasgow Times Scotswoman of the Year, Ann Moulds. The official launch of the new centre, revealed by the Glasgow Times last month, will take place today at an international online conference organised by AAS and UWS. Karen, who is from the east end of Glasgow, said: “I studied criminal justice and law for five years and not once was there a mention of the crime of stalking, and yet according to the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 11.8 percent of adults in Scotland experience this.
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Scottish University to set up centre against stalking A Scottish university will set up a centre for the prevention of stalking this month to help reduce abusive and harmful behaviour. The University of the West of Scotland has unveiled plans for an Action Against Stalking centre, run in partnership with the namesake charity. The project will involve research into the issue, as well as studying coercion and control on children and young people, the motivations of perpetrators, and cyber-stalking. It will be unveiled at the first-ever international conference on the problem. The three-day event will take place online from April 20, during National Stalking Awareness Week.
The University of the West of Scotland centre will tackle stalking (Victoria Jones/PA)
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The University of the West of Scotland is to establish a centre to focus on the prevention of stalking.
The project will conduct research into the issue as well as studying coercion and control on children and young people, the motivations of perpetrators and cyber-stalking.
It will be run in partnership with charity Action Against Stalking (AAS).