A 31-year-old man admitted in Franklin County Common Pleas Court to attacking his ex-girlfriend inside her apartment on Columbus’ West Side last August. He punched her three times in the face and ...
Hannah Bows receives funding from the ESRC, British Academy & Home Office. An act seemingly once confined to bondage and “kink” communities has become mainstream. Despite the many risks to health ...
A new study from Australia says that a large number of young people have experimented with strangulation (a.k.a. choking) during sex. This is despite the fact the practice carries the risk of serious ...
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 ...
When Cat Otway talks about strangulation, she ticks off the world’s most depressing set of trivia about the act she refers to as “the quickest way to kill someone without leaving a mark.” “It takes ...
Heather Douglas receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Leah Sharman receives funding from the Australian Research Council. University of Melbourne provides funding as a founding ...
Around 70% of non-fatal strangulation cases in the last year have been dropped due to evidential issues, exclusive data shared with Sky News shows. It is now three years since it became a standalone ...