Nonfatal Strangulation As Part Of Domestic Violence: A Review Of Research

Keywords

choking; domestic violence; forensic medical examination; intimate partner violence; strangulation; survivors

Abstract

This article reviews recent scholarship around the issue of nonfatal strangulation in cases of domestic violence. In the mid-1990s, the San Diego City Attorney’s Office began a systematic study of attempted strangulation among 300 domestic violence cases, becoming one of the first systematic research studies to specifically examine the prevalence of attempted strangulation as a form of injury associated with ongoing domestic violence. Prior to this time, most of the research into strangulation was conducted postmortem, and little was known about the injuries and signs of attempted strangulation among surviving victims. This article reviews the research that has since been conducted around strangulation in domestic violence cases, highlighting topics that are more or less developed in the areas of criminology, forensic science, law, and medicine, and makes recommendations for future research and practice.

Publication Date

10-1-2017

Publication Title

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volume

18

Issue

4

Number of Pages

407-424

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838015622439

Socpus ID

85028959907 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85028959907

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