TY - JOUR
T1 - Non-fatal Strangulation is an Important Risk Factor for Homicide of Women
AU - Glass, Nancy
AU - Laughon, Kathryn
AU - Campbell, Jacquelyn
AU - Block, Carolyn Rebecca
AU - Hanson, Ginger
AU - Sharps, Phyllis W.
AU - Taliaferro, Ellen
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by joint funding from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes on Aging, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Justice, R01 # DA/AA11156. The Chicago Women's Health Risk Study (CWHRS) was supported by grant #96-IJ-CX-0020 awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and U.S. Department of Justice. Although most of the collaborators of the Chicago Women's Health Risk Study were silent partners in writing this report, they were equal partners in the project. They include Olga Becker, Nanette Benbow, Jacquelyn Campbell, Debra Clemons, James Coldren, Alicia Contreras, Eugene Craig, Roy J. Dames, Alice J. Dan, Christine Devitt, Edmund R. Donoghue, Barbara Engel, Dickelle Fonda, Charmaine Hamer, Kris Hamilton, Eva Hernandez, Tracy Irwin, Mary V. Jensen, Holly Johnson, Teresa Johnson, Candice Kane, Debra Kirby, Katherine Klimisch, Christine Kosmos, Leslie Landis, Susan Lloyd, Gloria Lewis, Christine Martin, Rosa Martinez, Judith McFarlane, Sara Naureckas, Iliana Oliveros, Angela Moore Parmley, Stephanie Riger, Kim Riordan, Roxanne Roberts, Martine Sagan, Daniel Sheridan, Wendy Taylor, Richard Tolman, Gail Walker, Carole Warshaw, and Steven Whitman. Collaborating agencies in the study were the Mayor's Office on Domestic Violence; the Chicago Police Department Domestic Violence Unit; the Erie Family Health Center; the Chicago Department of Public Health; the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office; the Cook County Hospital; the Chicago Abused Women Coalition; and the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine non-fatal strangulation by an intimate partner as a risk factor for major assault, or attempted or completed homicide of women. A case control design was used to describe non-fatal strangulation among complete homicides and attempted homicides (n = 506) and abused controls (n = 427). Interviews of proxy respondents and survivors of attempted homicides were compared with data from abused controls. Data were derived using the Danger Assessment. Non-fatal strangulation was reported in 10% of abused controls, 45% of attempted homicides, and 43% of homicides. Prior non-fatal strangulation was associated with greater than six-fold odds (odds ratio [OR] 6.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.91-11.49) of becoming an attempted homicide, and over seven-fold odds (OR 7.48, 95% CI 4.53-12.35) of becoming a completed homicide. These results show non-fatal strangulation as an important risk factor for homicide of women, underscoring the need to screen for non-fatal strangulation when assessing abused women in emergency department settings.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine non-fatal strangulation by an intimate partner as a risk factor for major assault, or attempted or completed homicide of women. A case control design was used to describe non-fatal strangulation among complete homicides and attempted homicides (n = 506) and abused controls (n = 427). Interviews of proxy respondents and survivors of attempted homicides were compared with data from abused controls. Data were derived using the Danger Assessment. Non-fatal strangulation was reported in 10% of abused controls, 45% of attempted homicides, and 43% of homicides. Prior non-fatal strangulation was associated with greater than six-fold odds (odds ratio [OR] 6.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3.91-11.49) of becoming an attempted homicide, and over seven-fold odds (OR 7.48, 95% CI 4.53-12.35) of becoming a completed homicide. These results show non-fatal strangulation as an important risk factor for homicide of women, underscoring the need to screen for non-fatal strangulation when assessing abused women in emergency department settings.
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - risk of homicide
KW - strangulation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.065
DO - 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.065
M3 - Article
C2 - 17961956
AN - SCOPUS:52249118129
VL - 35
SP - 329
EP - 335
JO - Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Journal of Emergency Medicine
SN - 0736-4679
IS - 3
ER -