Аннотация
The article is devoted to the formation of a new paradigm of personal security protection in the legal field of the Republic of Kazakhstan, due to the criminalization of harassment. The purpose of the study is to develop proposals for improving the investigation of stalking in bullying in the absence of established law enforcement practice. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the author’s proposed approach to defining the evaluative feature “significant harm” and the need for its normative specification to ensure uniformity of law enforcement practice is substantiated. The use of a set of general scientific and private scientific methods allowed us to present a model of the transformation of bullying into stalking in order to more accurately qualify the crime. The research materials included the norms of criminal and administrative legislation, scientific publications by domestic and foreign authors, as well as an analysis of typical investigative situations. The practical significance is determined by the possibility of using the proposed recommendations in improving legislation, developing departmental investigative techniques and improving the effectiveness of evidence in stalking cases in a digital environment.