Hampshire and Isle of Wight Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership: standards for interventions with perpetrators of stalking
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership: standards for interventions with perpetrators of stalking
This document presents a co-produced set of stalking intervention standards developed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership (MASP). Facilitated by the University of Southampton MASP evaluation team and informed by a review of existing domestic abuse standards and international practice, the standards were collaboratively refined through multi-agency engagement, drawing on the operational expertise of partners across policing, health, probation, victim/survivor advocacy, and commissioning.
Current perpetrator intervention standards in the UK (and internationally) are largely framed within domestic abuse contexts, with limited guidance addressing stalking as a distinct form of harm. This document responds to this gap by articulating key considerations for stalking-specific interventions within a coordinated multi-agency response. It highlights the distinct risk dynamics, heterogeneity, and escalation patterns associated with stalking behaviours, and emphasises the need for typology-informed, psychologically grounded, and safety-focused approaches.
The standards set out principles relating to multi-agency coordination, risk management, specialist expertise, intervention design, and continuous learning. They are intended to inform both local practice and the evolving national conversation on stalking intervention standards, contributing a practice-based, multi-agency perspective to the development of effective and safe responses to stalking.
stalking, multi-agency partnership, Perpetrator intervention, domestic abuse, safeguarding, public health, criminal justice
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Weir, Lana
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Porter, Katerina
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Morgan, Sara A.
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Parkes, Julie
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Weir, Lana
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Porter, Katerina
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Harris, Rebecca Jane
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Parkes, Julie
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Weir, Lana, Porter, Katerina, Harris, Rebecca Jane, Morgan, Sara A. and Parkes, Julie
(2026)
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership: standards for interventions with perpetrators of stalking
Social Science Research Network
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Abstract
This document presents a co-produced set of stalking intervention standards developed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Multi-Agency Stalking Partnership (MASP). Facilitated by the University of Southampton MASP evaluation team and informed by a review of existing domestic abuse standards and international practice, the standards were collaboratively refined through multi-agency engagement, drawing on the operational expertise of partners across policing, health, probation, victim/survivor advocacy, and commissioning.
Current perpetrator intervention standards in the UK (and internationally) are largely framed within domestic abuse contexts, with limited guidance addressing stalking as a distinct form of harm. This document responds to this gap by articulating key considerations for stalking-specific interventions within a coordinated multi-agency response. It highlights the distinct risk dynamics, heterogeneity, and escalation patterns associated with stalking behaviours, and emphasises the need for typology-informed, psychologically grounded, and safety-focused approaches.
The standards set out principles relating to multi-agency coordination, risk management, specialist expertise, intervention design, and continuous learning. They are intended to inform both local practice and the evolving national conversation on stalking intervention standards, contributing a practice-based, multi-agency perspective to the development of effective and safe responses to stalking.
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Submitted date: 26 March 2026
Published date: 3 April 2026
Keywords:
stalking, multi-agency partnership, Perpetrator intervention, domestic abuse, safeguarding, public health, criminal justice
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/511527
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Lana Weir
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Katerina Porter
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Rebecca Jane Harris
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