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safety. It is argued that wider approaches to sexual threat and sexual harm are needed, and thatwhilst there are ongoing efforts to enhance the accuracy of risk prediction measures they canonly ever focus on a part of the problem. The paper draws on evidence which indicates that awide group of men are, at different times, involved in committing sexually abusive acts withvarying degrees of social and sexual harm. It is proposed that an additional dimension isincorporated into Laws' (2008) tripartite approach to public health in relation to sexual violence.This is to consider how harmful ways of being a man can be challenged, and positive ways ofbeing male can be nurtured. This will involve a multi-agency pro-active initiative similar topublic health campaigns that have changed other entrenched behaviours in the UK such as drinkdriving, and smoking in public space.160. StalkingStalking: An Analysis of the Phenomenon in the South of Italy after Passage ofthe Italian Law, “d.d.l. n°11/2009”Fabio Delicato, Centro Studi & Ricerche in Psicologia clinica e Criminologia, Italy(webmaster@criminiseriali.it)Before “d.d.l. n°11 of 23 February 2009”, in the Italian system of Law there was no specific rulefor the phenomenon of stalking. This document introduced a crime called “Atti Persecutori” byinserting Article 612-Bis of the Codice Penale. Only since then has it been possible to examineofficial data on this phenomenon. Examination is also complicated by the fact that many victimsof stalking don’t report the offence. We assume that the “dark number” on this phenomenon isvery high. Our analysis is limited in the South of Italy, in particular the regions of Basilicata,Campania, Calabria, Puglia and Sicilia. The goal of this research was firstly to monitor theprogress of the phenomenon of stalking by analyzing the official data of the Italian “Ministerodell’Interno” on complaints in the South of Italy since 2009. Our research also aimed to bring outthe “dark number” of stalking in the South of Italy through a specific and anonymousquestionnaire administered to representative samples in selected cities which investigate whetherthe subject has been victim of stalking, whether or not he or she reported it to the police, whetherhe or she knew the offender and how long the stalking persisted.T.B.E.*161. Suicide and Assisted SuicideA Long Way for Suicide Prevention in JapanIsao Takayanagi, Arisawabashi Psychiatric Hopital, Toyama, Japan (yagiisao@aqua.ocn.ne.jp)378