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

Cwm Taf review

CSP: Cwm Taf Published: December 2022 Year of death: 2017 Extracted: 3 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 identified a lack of agency involvement prior to the death and significant barriers to reporting domestic abuse, particularly for male victims. There was a societal struggle to recognise women as perpetrators and men as victims, alongside community normalisation of the perpetrator's coercive control and the impact of alcohol.

Extracted recommendations

3 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	There should be a consistent approach to Healthy Relationship work to be undertaken across all schools, to include the impact of domestic abuse, in order to educate future generations and reduce the likelihood of harm, including: ▪ What is a Healthy relationship? ▪ The inter-relationship between mental health issues, substance misuse on the incidence of domestic abuse ▪ Support for Emotional Wellbeing. ▪ This approach may encourage children to disclose domestic abuse to a trusted adult in school	Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Education Department
2	Agencies should consider how to support a community in relation to the aftermath of trauma, both in the short term and in the longer term.	Cwm Taf Community Safety Partnership \| Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board
3	There should be a national and local communication strategy developed to raise awareness that men can be victims of domestic abuse and the support available to them.	Cwm Taf Community Safety Partnership \| Cwm Taf Morgannwg Safeguarding Board
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗