TY  - SER
AU  - Zilkens, Renate R.
AU  - Phillips, Maureen A.
AU  - Kelly, Maire C.
AU  - Mukhtar, Aqif
AU  - Semmens, James B.
AU  - Smith, Debbie A.
TI  - Non-fatal strangulation in sexual assault : : a study of clinical and assault characteristics highlighting the role of intimate partner violence
PY  - 2016///
PB  - Elsevier, 
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - PREVALENCE
KW  - RISK ASSESSMENT
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - STRANGULATION
KW  - VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - AUSTRALIA
KW  - WESTERN AUSTRALIA
N1  - Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2016, 43: 1-7
N2  - This article reports the findings from a cross-sectional study using data routinely collected at time of forensic examination of 1064 women (age ≥ 13 years) referred to the Western Australian SARC between Jan 2009 and Mar 2015 alleging a recent sexual assault. 
•	7.4% of all female sexual assault cases involved non-fatal strangulation (NFS). • 58% of non-fatal strangulation sexual assault cases involved intimate partners.
•	23% of sexual assaults by an intimate partner involved NFS.
•	NFS was most frequent in 30–39 year olds sexually assaulted by an intimate partner.
•	External physical signs of NFS were absent in 49% who gave a history of NFS. 
(From the abstract). Record #5075

UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jflm.2016.06.005
ER  -