Informing therapeutic care and legal process in assault cases involving non-fatal strangulation
To assist with therapeutic care and forensic evidence collection following NFS, signs, symptoms and injuries should be documented. A lack of detectable injury to the neck following NFS does not exclude NFS. In addition, detectable injury may indicate a defensive response by the patient and/or multiple applications of force.
Authors
- David Williams (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9472-6168)
- Jane Van Diemen
- Vanita Parekh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-4915)
- Janine McMinn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5402-5946)
- Anna Brkic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3966-6005)
- Louis Bailey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1498-2485)
- Caleb Boxx
Institutions
- Australian Federal Police (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Canberra Hospital (AU)
- Services Australia (AU)
- Act Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2025.102826
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.01