Nonlethal strangulation of intimate partners has substantial direct health effects and is associated with an increased risk of later lethal violence by a partner or ex-intimate partner but can be difficult to prosecute under felony assault statutes. After review of state laws regarding assault, the authors identified 10 states with specific legislation related to strangulation as of March 2009 The authors examined the characteristics of these laws. They recommend that all states develop policies to improve prosecution of strangulation, include strangulation in their criminal codes, and use language that includes all potential victims.
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Shortly after taking office, President George W. Bush established the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG), headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, to examine the "energy crisis" the US faces. On May 17th, the president presented the recommendations of the NEPDG, a main theme of which is the need to diversify the fuel sources & geographic sources of energy. This study examines the history & outlook of fossil fuels & analyzes various energy strategies to enhance US energy security. For the foreseeable future, oil will continue to play a significant role in the energy mix & the Persian Gulf will retain its strategic importance for US energy security. 3 Tables. Adapted from the source document.
Discourses on the Arab revolutions have, to date, focused on regime change and its implications for future democratization in the region. This essay explores the impetus behind the religiopolitical tensions in Tunisia and posits that to grasp the events unfolding since 2010 the unrest must be located within an understanding of the dynamic between the Islamists and the state under President Habib Bourguiba and, later, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The essay revisits the terms revolutionary and revolution within the Tunisian context and reflects on the application of the label revolutionary, contending that the act of selective labeling bears implications for an objective understanding of the revolution and its actors. Finally, the essay evaluates how far the political tensions of the past continue to mark the present through the subsequent generation of religious movements emerging from the revolution.