The neo-criminalization of stalking in the Portuguese legal system

The aim of this work is to make a juridical analysis of the article 154-A of the Portuguese Criminal Code, to understand if there was truly the need to create a new type of crime for the behaviour of stalking, or if other previously typified legal measures would have been sufficient to protect the victims' interests. This study is also intended to indicate alternative forms of punishment for this phenomenon under the Portuguese jurisdiction.