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An Online Resource Library on Domestic & Sexual Violence
This comprehensive fact sheet includes basic information on strangulation in domestic violence cases, including many cited research studies substantiating the role of strangulation as a risk factor for homicide in intimate partner violence.
This paper highlights results of a study examining 300 strangulation cases, 89% of which involved domestic violence.
This article presents an overview of the risks posed by strangulation attempts in domestic violence cases, and is adapted from a portion of a presentation from the three-day conference, "Detection and Prosecution of Strangulation in Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases.”
This guide provides advocates with an overview of the increased risk of lethality when firearms are present in cases of domestic violence, a discussion of both federal and Illinois state laws related to firearm possession, and the role of the advocate in addressing firearms when working with survivors of domestic violence.
This brief fact sheet provides statistics related to the lethal combination of guns and domestic violence - injuring and killing women every day in the United States.
