Understanding Non-Fatal Strangulation Resource Guide | Safe + Equal: This resource provides guidance on identifying and effectively responding to non-fatal strangulation, understanding its legal and health implications and delivering trauma-informed, evidence-based support to victim survivors
Understanding Non-Fatal Strangulation
Workforce training: Strangulation, sexual choking and acquired brain injury | Women’s Health New South Wale: The lack of data about women’s experiences of strangulation in the context of domestic, family and sexual violence, and consensual sexual choking, impacts service providers’ ability to implement best practice screening and assessment. Developed in May 2025, this recorded training shares information gathered, and key insights learnt by Women’s Health NSW in rolling out the Pathways Project. It will support workforce training and improve service provider confidence in responding to women with these experiences.
Workforce training: Strangulation, sexual choking and acquired brain injury – It Left No Marks
Joys Law: The Crimes Amendment (Non-fatal Strangulation) Act 2024, includes two new offences to crack down on perpetrators and help the justice system better identify and deal with an incredibly dangerous act of violence – often taken against women. These laws, which have been referred to as Joy’s Law, would not be coming to effect without the tireless advocacy of the family of Joy Rowley whose life was cut short in her own home – where she should have been safe.
Strangulation laws come into effect amid hopes for rise in convictions of violent offender
The Advocacy Toolkit for Survivors of Strangulation/ Suffocation | Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention
Developed by the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention—a program of Alliance for HOPE International—this toolkit offers trauma-informed, survivor-centered resources tailored for non-fatal strangulation and suffocation cases. It equips multidisciplinary professionals such as healthcare providers, legal advocates, social workers, and law enforcement with practical guidance: red-flag indicators, safety-planning tools, survivor-friendly language, and useful worksheets designed to enhance both recognition and response to these high-risk situations. Its visual layouts, risk assessment strategies, and easily digestible format make it an essential companion for those supporting survivors.
The Advocacy Toolkit for Survivors of Strangulation/Suffocation