Nonfatal Strangulation During Domestic Violence Events in New South Wales: Prevalence and Characteristics Using Text Mining Study of Police Narratives. (August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wilson, Mandy; Spike, Erin; Karystianis, George; Butler, Tony
• Is Part Of: Violence against women. Volume 28:Number 10(2022)
• Page Start: 2259
• Page End: 2285
• Publication Date: 2022-08
• Subjects: nonfatal strangulation -- domestic violence -- text mining -- police -- intimate partner violence; Abused women -- Periodicals; Women -- Crimes against -- Periodicals; Violent crimes -- Periodicals; Femmes victimes de violence -- Périodiques; Femmes, Crimes contre les -- Périodiques; Crimes violents -- Périodiques; 362.8292
• DOI: 10.1177/10778012211025993
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8012

Abstract

Nonfatal strangulation (NFS) is a common form of domestic violence (DV) that frequently leaves no visible signs of injury and can be a portent for future fatality. A validated text mining approach was used to analyze a police dataset of 182, 949 DV events for the presence of NFS. Results confirmed NFS within intimate partner relationships is a gendered form of violence. The presence of injury and/or other (non-NFS) forms of physical abuse, emotional/verbal/social abuse, and the perpetrator threatening to kill the victim, were associated with significantly higher odds of NFS perpetration. Police data contain rich information that can be accessed using automated methodologies such as text mining to add to our understanding of this pressing public health issue.