The Non-Fatal Strangulation Offence as a Response to Domestic and Family Violence

Reports

• Sharman, L S, Douglas, H and Fitzgerald, R, Understanding the non-fatal strangulation offence: Interviews with domestic violence service workers. Key Outcomes, The University of Melbourne and The University of Queensland (2022)
• Fitzgerald, R, Douglas, H, Pearce, E and Lloyd, M, The Prosecution of Non-fatal Strangulation Cases: An Examination of Finalised Prosecution Cases in Queensland, 2017 – 2020, The University of Melbourne and The University of Queensland  (2022)
• Sharman, L S, Fitzgerald, R and Douglas, H, Non-Fatal Strangulation offence convictions and outcomes: Insights from Queensland Wide Inter-linked Courts data, 2016/2017-2019/2020 , The University of Melbourne and The University of Queensland (2022)
• Sharman, L S, Douglas, H and Fitzgerald, R, Review of domestic violence deaths involving fatal or non-fatal strangulation in Queensland, The University of Melbourne and The University of Queensland, Australia (2021)

Policy Briefs and Media

• Heather Douglas, ‘A new bill would bring Victoria’s strangulation laws in line with other states – but consent complicates matters’ The Conversation, 18 October 2023
• Douglas H and Fitzgerald R. The Australian legal response to non-fatal strangulation: Policy recommendations, Emerald Open Res 2022, 4:29

• Heather Douglas and Leah Sharman, ‘Family Violence, Sex, Strangulation and Consent’ presented at Non-Fatal Strangulation Symposium: A National Conversation, hosted by the Red Rose Foundation, 21 February 2024, Brisbane. This presentation was also made to the Health Law and Ethics Network, University of Melbourne, 6 February 2024, Melbourne
• Book launch: On Tuesday 5 December 2023 the Melbourne Criminal Law Research Forum of Melbourne Law School and the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre launched the book: The Criminalization of Violence Against Women: Comparative Perspectives (OUP 2023). The launch heard from an expert panel including Nina (WEAVERs, The University of Melbourne), Professor Kyllie Cripps (Monash University), The Honourable Marcia Neave AO and Professor Sandra Walklate (University of Liverpool). The launch was facilitated by Professor Heather Douglas (Melbourne Law School) and Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon (Monash University)
  
• Heather Douglas and Leah Sharman, ‘Domestic violence and the use of non-fatal strangulation in association with sexual abuse.’ kNOwVAWdata workshop, 27 October 2023
• Heather Douglas, ‘Understanding the risks and dangers of strangulation’, Tasmanian Magistrates Court (CPD event), Hobart,  20 October 2023
• Heather Douglas, Leah Sharman and Robin Fitzgerald, ‘Domestic violence and the use of non-fatal strangulation in association with sexual abuse’, European Domestic Violence Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 September 2023
• Leah Sharman, Heather Douglas, and Robin Fitzgerald, ‘Sexual Behaviours and Choking/Breath Play: Attitudes and understandings’, European Domestic Violence Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 12 September 2023
• Heather Douglas and Robin Fitzgerald, ‘The consequences of criminalising domestic violence: A case study of the non-fatal strangulation offence in Queensland, Australia’ European Domestic Violence Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 11 September 2023
• Leah Sharman, Robin Fitzgerald and Heather Douglas, ‘Criminalisation of Non-fatal Strangulation in Australia: Intended and Unintended Consequences’ Global Meeting of Law and Society: Rage, Reckoning, Remedy, Lisbon (online), 16 July 2022
• Robin Fitzgerald, Heather Douglas and Leah Sharman, ‘Criminalisation of non-fatal strangulation in Australia: What is prison for?’  Global Meeting of Law and Society: Rage, Reckoning, Remedy, Lisbon (online), 15 July 2022
• Heather Douglas, Robin Fitzgerald and Leah Sharman, Panel: ‘The Pleasure is all mine’: Non-fatal strangulation, image-based abuse and stealthing as forms of sexual violence and the law.’ Global Meeting of Law and Society: Rage, Reckoning, Remedy, Lisbon (online), 14 July 2022
• Heather Douglas, ‘Non-fatal Strangulation: Recognition and Legal Response.’ Lead Family Violence Magistrates Workshop, Melbourne,  24 June 2022
• Heather Douglas, Submission to the Department of Justice, Tasmania, on the proposed non-fatal strangulation offence, 10 February 2022
• Heather Douglas, Robin Fitzgerald and Leah Sharman, ‘Review of Domestic Violence Deaths Involving Non-Fatal Strangulation’ Coroners Court, Queensland, 8 October 2021
• Heather Douglas, Robin Fitzgerald and Leah Sharman, ‘A Research program for Non-Fatal Strangulation in Australia’, Strangulation Institute, Training Institute of Strangulation Prevention, San Diego (online)  18 June 2021

Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration, National Domestic and Family Violence Bench Book (2021) ‘Factors affecting risk’ [4.2]

Red Rose Foundation and Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention, Domestic Violence Non-Lethal Strangulation

ANROWS,’ Externally funded projects on non-fatal strangulation’

Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention

Non-Fatal Strangulation Laws in Australia