Brian Bennett

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Founder - Clearview Justice Training & Consulting

I am a retired state law enforcement officer with more than 25 years of experience. For 16 of those years, I served as a Senior Instructor in the Advanced Behavioral Science Unit at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy, where I provided training to more than 12,000 law enforcement officers each year.

My areas of expertise include domestic violence, elder abuse, and strangulation assaults. During my tenure at the Academy, I served as Co-Chair of the Governor's Domestic Violence Task Force and as a statutory member of two statewide committees. I have authored several nationally published articles on domestic violence and strangulation and remain actively involved in legislative initiatives addressing domestic violence, regularly providing testimony before the South Carolina General Assembly.

I am also a frequent guest on true crime television programs, where I provide expert commentary on strangulation-related assaults and homicide investigations.

Currently, I am researching and validating a forensic concept I developed that explores the use of emerging forensic technologies to document hidden injuries caused by assault—an application that has not previously been investigated.

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July 21, 2026

Nonfatal Strangulation: Brian Bennett on Domestic Violence's Deadliest Warning Sign I Ep. 128

Strangulation is one of the strongest predictors of future homicide in domestic violence, yet it's often misunderstood, minimized, and overlooked because many survivors have little or no visible injury. In this episode of Beyond the Statistics, Ingrid Dutton is joined by retired South Carolina law enforcement officer and domestic violence expert Brian Bennett, who has trained thousands of officers, investigators, medical professionals, and advocates on identifying and responding to nonfatal s...
Guest: Brian Bennett