Medscape

Strangulation Victims: A Forensic Approach

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 ...
Psychology Today

Why Strangulation Should be Taken So Seriously

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 ...
The Conversation

A new bill would bring Victoria’s strangulation laws in line with other states – but consent complicates matters

Heather Douglas receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In October 2011, Victorian woman Joy Rowley was strangled to death by her intimate partner. It was not the first time he had ...
The Conversation

Victorian government should be wary of introducing a stand‑alone offence of non‑fatal strangulation

Kate Fitz-Gibbon is a member of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Research Program. Kate receives funding for family violence related research from the Australian Research Council, ANROWS, and ...