Research into strangulation in the past several years has revealed and clarified the significance of non-fatal strangulation events in intimate partner violence as strong indicators of future lethality.  Additionally, attention has now been paid to  misunderstandings concerning the kinds of injuries resulting from a non-fatal strangulation, and has connected those injuries to  more effective investigation and prosecution strategies.  

This two-part webinar series will engage participants in developing a more robust understanding of strangulation as a part of power and control, examine the physical mechanisms involved in various strangulation methods and their connection to physical injury, signs and symptoms, and will guide participants in developing trauma-based questioning techniques and investigation strategies that can result in additional corroborative evidence and stronger prosecutions that capture the gravity of the strangulation case.