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NSW's strangulation offence: Time for further reform?

NSW's strangulation offence: Time for further reform?

Advice on legislation or legal policy issues contained in this paper is provided for use in parliamentary debate and for related parliamentary purposes. This paper is not professional legal opinion.
Issues Backgrounder 3/2018 by Tom Gotsis

This Issues Backgrounder provides a range of information on the effectiveness of section 37 of the Crimes Act 1900. Section 37 prohibits strangulation, a significant form of domestic violence. 

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