Following the introduction of specific non-fatal strangulation (NFS) offences into law in a number of other jurisdictions over the last 20 years, England and Wales introduced a new offence of Non-Fatal Strangulation as part of the Domestic Abuse Act (2021) in 2022. Drawing on data provided by 32 forces, this article examines how the offence has been used in the first 14 months of operation. Specifically, we explored the victim and suspect characteristics, relationships and case outcomes of recorded incidents by police and the pipeline between recorded crime and prosecution. Our findings support the limited evidence on NFS in England and Wales, and Australia in finding that most victims are female and most suspects are male, typically victims and suspects are young-middle-aged adults, and most NFS is domestic in nature. We also found Black victims and suspects to be overrepresented. Whilst the data indicates the new offence is being routinely used by police, and charge rates compare well to other crimes, around 90% of recorded incidents are not resulting in a prosecution or conviction. We consider the implications of these findings for research and practice.

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非致命勒杀：英格兰和威尔士新罪行的实证回顾


继过去 20 年来，许多其他司法管辖区将特定的非致命勒颈 (NFS) 犯罪纳入法律后，英格兰和威尔士在 2021 年《家庭虐待法》中引入了新的非致命勒颈犯罪，作为《家庭虐待法》(2021 年) 的一部分。 2022 年。本文根据 32 个部队提供的数据，研究了该罪行在实施的前 14 个月中的使用情况。具体来说，我们探讨了警方记录的事件中受害者和嫌疑人的特征、关系和案件结果，以及记录的犯罪和起诉之间的联系。我们的研究结果支持英格兰、威尔士和澳大利亚 NFS 的有限证据，发现大多数受害者是女性，大多数嫌疑人是男性，受害者和嫌疑人通常是青壮年，而且大多数 NFS 本质上是家庭性质的。我们还发现黑人受害者和嫌疑人的比例过高。虽然数据表明警方经常使用新的犯罪行为，而且指控率与其他犯罪行为相比较，但大约 90% 的记录事件并未导致起诉或定罪。我们考虑这些发现对研究和实践的影响。