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Zara McDermott Tackles Stalking Epidemic In New BBC Documentary
Based on the title and synopsis alone, this must be a perfect hybrid of horror and crime, set in an environment that attempts to...
The two-part documentary series, offered for viewing beginning July 1 on BBC iPlayer, follows McDermott as she works alongside victims of stalking and police personnel for 10 months to showcase the brutal reality of this growing epidemic. According to McDermott, popular culture has since time immemorial whitewashed obsessive behaviors as romance, resulting in the creation of a “blurred line between harassment and stalking” which perpetrators glide through to freedom. The documentary also turned its lens on systemic failure, asking how it is that conviction rates continue to be appallingly low whilst reported cases of stalking go up.
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