News broke this week that the men’s basketball head coach for the Texas Longhorns was arrested and suspended for allegedly strangling his fiancé. The story brings attention to strangulation, a form of ...

Hannah Bows receives funding from the ESRC, British Academy & Home Office. An act seemingly once confined to bondage and “kink” communities has become mainstream. Despite the many risks to health ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina has a long list of crimes that are considered stand-alone felonies, including murder and aggravated assault, but strangulation is not on that list. Some ...

Choking during sex has moved from the margins to the mainstream for many young adults, but the risks have not changed. New research shows how common the practice has become, and how confused many ...

Heather Douglas receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In October 2011, Victorian woman Joy Rowley was strangled to death by her intimate partner. It was not the first time he had ...