Intimate Partner Related Strangulation

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

Estimates have suggested that at least 10% and as many as 68% of women have experienced non-fatal strangulation in the context of their heterosexual intimate relationships. Nevertheless, much remains unknown about the scope and extent of IPVRS because strangulation has been considerably underreported, even when police have been involved. Research has reiterated how intimate partner perpetrators have strategically used strangulation to exercise power and control and to manipulate their victims, effectively instilling fear and further entrenching survivors in the cycle of violence. Indeed, strangulation increases survivor morbidity and mortality and produces deleterious long-term psychological and physiological consequences. This panel will review the extent and nature of strangulation incidents and evaluate the effectiveness of one city’s response to IPVRS.

Sub Unit

• Area V. Victimization / 36. Policy and Prevention of Victimization

Individual Presentations

• “I Like The Way Your Feet Dangle”: A Content Analysis of IPV Perpetrators’ Words to Victims During Strangulation - Marissa Dean Hayes, Tarleton State University; Tara O’Connor Shelley, Tarleton State University

• The Nature and Extent of Strangulation Involved Homicide in Fort Worth, Texas - John Galloway, Tarleton State University; Tara O’Connor Shelley, Tarleton State University

• Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation: Does a Legally Mandated Protocol Improve Police Detection and Response? - Cortney Franklin, Washington State University; Tara O’Connor Shelley, Tarleton State University

• Exploring Medical Outcomes for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Related Strangulation - Tara O’Connor Shelley, Tarleton State University; Cortney Franklin, Washington State University