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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Shelter to host workshop on ‘Strangulation and Lethality’

The Center for Family Justice, 753 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, is hosting a training session from 9 a.m. to noon Friday on “Strangulation and Lethality.” This multidisciplinary workshop will focus on awareness, advocacy, investigation, and prosecution of domestic violence strangulation cases. With trainers representing victim advocacy, police and prosecution, this workshop will include information on the history and lethality of strangulation, the prevalence and impact/consequences of strangulation, how to identify and document instances of strangulation, knowledge and skills necessary to conduct investigations involving strangulation, challenges of prosecuting strangulation cases, and trauma and the role of the victim advocate.

from News http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Shelter-to-host-workshop-on-Strangulation-and-12321082.php

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