STALKING AS A NEW CRIMINAL OFFENCE Barysheva Kseniya Alexandrovna, PhD at law. <...> E-mail: kbarysheva@hse.ru Annotation: The article analyses the norms of criminal legislation of foreign countries which provides liability for harassment (stalking). <...> Stalking is a set of systematic actions, such as spying, following the victims, making unwanted calls, letters, gifts, messages, harassment through the Internet, scouting information on the identity, use data about the person to exert a psychological impact on the victim, causing discomfort, stress, a sense of fear. <...> Criminal law prohibition on stalking applies in many countries, such as Germany, Poland, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, India, etc. <...> The legislators of foreign countries respond to the needs of citizens and made decisions to change the Criminal law in order to protect the interests of the individual. <...> The decision is based on monitoring and analysis of the situation prevailing in society, responding to strain and deviant behavior. <...> Aurora, Ontario: Canada Law Book, 1999. pp. 35-37 13Mohandie K. et al., The RECON Typology of Stalking: Reliability and Validity Based Upon a Large Sample of North American Stalkers. <...> BrОТНТnР M. J. ОЭ КХ., «PrОvКХОnМО КnН CСКrКМЭОrТsЭТМs of Sexual Violence, Stalking, and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization – National Intimate Partner and Sexual VТoХОnМО SЮrvОв, UnТЭОН SЭКЭОs, 2011», CОnЭОrs Пor DТsease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol. 63, No. 8 (2014) 5. <...> Collins P.I., The Psychiatric Aspects of Stalking in J. Cornish, K. Murray, P.I. Collins, eds., The Criminal Lawyers' Guide to the Law of Criminal Harassment and Stalking. <...> European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights Violence against women: an EU-wide survey Survey methodology, sample and fieldwork Technical report, 2013 — 103 p. 9. <...> Mohandie K. et al., The RECON Typology of Stalking: Reliability and Validity Based Upon a Large Sample of North American Stalkers. <...> В статье анализируются нормы уголовного законодательства зарубежных стран, предусматривающие ответственность за преследование (сталкинг). <...> Уголовно-правовой запрет на преследование действует во многих странах мира, например, Германии, Польше, США, Великобритании, Канаде, Австралии, Индии и пр. <...> В работе автор анализирует <...>