So the stalkers are pretty much gone. I think they might still be my backyard neighbors. They act sort of strange, and so do a lot of the women around here too. I don't care or know what they want. But sometimes they're quite annoying with their strange tone of voices, etc.
Stalking is pretty interesting to study as it's a social and psychological behavior that affects people negatively but in different ways. It brings up concepts of personal space, the effects of our thoughts, our personal and national safety, and how we communicate and interact with people every day. Even concepts like "heard mentality" or "brainwashing" come in to play. That, as well as the government and classified information. I would also take into consideration our healthcare system, legal system and social services system. From little people, we form larger and larger groups of which behavior, ethics and values, culture, ideas, technology, boundaries are all a mix which react over time - sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. It's the social change that causes us to learn, change, expand, make mistakes, make achievements and survive. We have written laws, legislation, policies and bureaucracy to protect us which also change over time. Usually these laws are pertain to communication, interaction, use of technology, business, social and behavioral problems, etc. Laws are always expanding, as society changes and develops. Sometimes it falls behind in developing laws because of the social concern of other subjects such as technology, business, exploitation, profit, etc. The laws enforced to different degrees impact society diffrently too. Capital punishment to mandatory community service can be two punishments with very different outcomes. For instance slavery is pretty much abolished in first world countries. Not only do laws state regulations but they also decide standards. Do we want a high standard of living? An effective and efficient policing system? Healthcare system? Or do we want low standards of living, policing, healthcare and justice? So if laws are not kept up to date, our standards of society fall back.
The psychological effects of criminal behavior are most interesting. It may go along side with the psychology of war, terror, fear and other related fields of criminality. Often war techniques are used in municipal crime, such as stalking. The RCMP pamphlet says to report even if you're not sure you're being stalked, which means they understand the psychological effects of criminal behavior to a person.
Proximity of people is something interesting. Does one person heavily depressed suck the happiness out of a room? How much? How resilient can one be? How far away do they have to be? And how does it affect their though process? Does one person learning help another person learn? Has technology complicated our lives? Hurting our social well being or improving it? Hurting or helping the criminals? And how often is law disregarded, the closer you get to someone's personal space, but how highly it is valued. For myself, transportation and the sights of the city are something I've had a problem with. The city looks awful at times when they don't maintain buildings or streets. And people disregard and abuse personal space and the limits we have. It gets to the point it's lethal and someone winds up being killed in an accident.
It just seems a social crutch to not work towards a more just and law enforced society. Even criminal organizations couldn't function because anarchy or underdevelopment is an outcome. Perhaps extremists, perhaps just psychopaths and sociopaths all have motivation for hurting other people. They all work together very well because they have common goals: to hurt and terrorize people, and usually to get a job done too.
Anyways, that was just a bit of brainstorming for some future university work. Perhaps it will be a large business to start, or partner up, though the research for justice, social well being and safety will always go on. It has been seen throughout history and is printed on our very money. Why there is a battle between peace and crime, social development and lack of social development, is beyond me.
I'd also just like to state some key values I think are important to for every human being that are being emphasized enough.
-Self Esteem (Self Worth)
-Self Confidence (Courage, Willpower)
-Inner Happiness (Self-Derived happiness)
-Hope*
-Belief*
-Happiness: Bringing happiness from the inside out; Using creativity and imagination to create your happiness.
-Positivity: Staying, keeping, maintaining and developing a positive outlook on life
*From Paul McKenna. He mentioned that Hope and Belief were all common attributes for successful people. They all believed and had hope for what they could do, how to do it and how it would come about.
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