ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the moves and countermoves by first examining the various effects that stalking and unwanted pursuit and intrusion can have on the objects of such harassment. In order to explicate these effects, a new typology of stalking symptoms is developed. The chapter also examines in greater detail the particularly severe consequences of stalking-threats and violence. It articulates a systematic typology of coping tactics available to victims of unwanted pursuit. The chapter describes the role of law enforcement and institutional resources, with special emphasis on the efficacy of restraining orders as one of the primary preventative tactics employed by victims. It provides some speculations are offered on relational skills that may facilitate more competent management of courtship and relationship development. Threat and violence are of special concern to policymakers, threat management professionals, scholars, and especially victims. Stalking is in large part defined by the perception and imminence of threat, and threat is intimately related to harm, injury, and violence.
