Speaker on stalking, harm, and the cases systems get wrong!

“Most responses to stalking are built on the assumption that it is a relationship problem. That assumption shapes what is recognised, what is dismissed, and who gets protected,” Caroline Saul said.

My main takeaway from Caroline’s lecture was her focus on stalking as it is actually lived, especially in cases that do not fit familiar narratives and are therefore often misunderstood, minimised, or mishandled. Her work shows how harm is interpreted in practice, and how professional judgement can be shaped by implicit bias, institutional assumptions, corruption, and unequal systems of response. I admired the clarity and honesty she brought to that analysis.

— Martin

About

At the centre of Caroline’s work is the gap between lived experience and institutional response. With a background in administration, social housing management, community safety, research, and organisational development, she examines how stalking is recognised, classified, and acted on in practice.

Her attention is drawn to the cases that do not fit what systems expect to see – cases that are misread, treated through the wrong framework, or left without meaningful protection. For over thirty years, stalking has been part of everyday life. That long-term experience informs the way she approaches and analyses cases, with close attention to patterns of escalation, control, and risk over time.

Critical criminology and social harm shape the way she works. Rather than treating stalking as a simple individual experience, she addresses it as something shaped by law, practice, power, and the limits of institutional understanding.

What she speaks about

The focus of Caroline’s speaking is stalking beyond the usual relationship framework. Her talks explore what happens when systems rely too heavily on familiar experiences to identify harm. They examine how stalking is interpreted by professionals, how classification affects outcomes, and how implicit bias can shape what is believed, what is acted on, and what is allowed to continue.

Also central to her work are the forms of harm that are often missed: the cases that fall outside expected narratives, and the ways justice becomes uneven when recognition depends on whether a case fits what institutions are already prepared to see.

Running through all of this is one difficult question: what happens when harm is present, but systems do not know how to name it properly?

Testimonials

“Caroline brings clarity to a subject that is too often misunderstood. Her contribution challenged assumptions and stayed with the audience long after the event.”

Speaking formats

Across talks, panels, workshops, lectures, seminars, and public conversations, Caroline brings a grounded and direct approach to stalking, justice, and institutional response.

Her speaking is suited to organisations, universities, professional audiences, community groups, and public events.

Why book Caroline

What Caroline offers is not awareness language or a familiar keynote on harm. What she brings is a sharper account of stalking as a patterned form of harm, and a clearer understanding of how bias and institutional assumptions shape recognition, response, and protection.

Audiences come away with a stronger grasp of how stalking is lived, how cases are often misread, and why failures in response are not only practical failures, but questions of justice.

Media, panels, and public work

Alongside speaking engagements, Caroline has contributed to radio, news features, panel discussions, workshops, and public events on stalking, harm, justice, and systemic response.

Throughout this work, the concern remains the same: how stalking is understood, how responses are shaped, and what gets missed when existing frameworks are too narrow to account for the harm being lived.

Bookings

If this is relevant to your audience, you are welcome to get in touch.

Caroline is available for talks, workshops, panels, and public events.

Caroline Saul

The Retrograde Analyst