About this page. This page summarises a Domestic Homicide Review published in the Home Office DHR Library. The full report is available at the source link below. Victim and perpetrator names are not included in extracted summaries on this page.

Source · Domestic Homicide Review

Brent review

CSP: Brent Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2017 Extracted: 6 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

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Summary

The review found limited agency awareness of the victim's extensive coercive control and economic abuse. Barriers to reporting included the victim's perception that non-physical abuse would not be taken seriously by police, a lack of safety planning for separation, and insufficient public understanding of coercive control.

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership reviews its current plan to inform the public of what they can do if they know or suspect someone is the victim of domestic abuse.	Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership
2	That Greater Manchester Police should determine whether their current domestic abuse policies and practices are a barrier to victims reporting domestic abuse in cases where physical injuries are absent.	Greater Manchester Police
3	That Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership reviews the advice available for victims on the increased danger they face when leaving abusive relationships and whether that advice is well known and readily accessible.	Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership
4	That Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership reviews its current domestic abuse strategy to determine if it focusses sufficiently on coercive and controlling behaviour, including economic abuse, how communities can be informed of what it is and what to do when they recognise it.	Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership
5	That Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust audits health visiting records for compliance with ‘Routine Enquiry.’	Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
6	That Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership considers how best it can engage the private sector to develop bespoke policies that support employees experiencing domestic abuse.	Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗