US legislation making strangulation a serious criminal offense has been linked to reduced intimate partner homicide rates, with 14% fewer women killed and 27% fewer male victims in the 18-49 age group ...
A study by Mass General Brigham investigators found self-reported vision problems and traumatic stress are experienced years after strangulation. Around the globe, nearly one in three women have ...
A quick Internet search for news on strangulation events returns pages and pages of tragic examples. The most recent cases to grab the nation's attention were the asphyxiation deaths of a pregnant ...
A new study underscores the alarming occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) as the cause of assault-related injuries resulting in anoxia, or the complete lack of oxygen flow to tissues and ...
In strangulation cases, assailants can leave DNA behind. It can later be used against them in court.
When someone is sexually assaulted and goes to a hospital for treatment, a forensic nurse examiner offers what’s called a “physical evidence recovery kit.” The nurse will attempt to collect any ...
News broke this week that the men’s basketball head coach for the Texas Longhorns was arrested and suspended for allegedly strangling his fiancé. The story brings attention to strangulation, a form of ...
A new NJ law is a conversation opener for helping victims to better understand their rights and to finally grapple with the question of whether strangulation should ever be considered a matter of ...
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