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
Salford review
CSP: SalfordPublished: December 2022Year of death: 2019Extracted: 5 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified missed opportunities by agencies to identify, assess, and respond to domestic abuse, including coercive control and increased risk at separation. There were also gaps in information sharing, risk assessment, and linking mental health/substance misuse with domestic abuse, impacting safeguarding for the victim and children.
Home Office classifications
39 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - physical disability
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - panic attacks
Victim - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (victim and perpetrator)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to mental health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to probation services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - died by suicide
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
The CSP should ensure that agencies are (a) aware of the local specialist domestic abuse service, (b) know how to make referrals to the service and (c) provide comprehensive support and referral as necessary to victims of domestic abuse.
The CSP should undertake a programme of work, as part of the development of the local domestic abuse strategy, to raise awareness of perpetrator behaviour and its impact on victims.
The CSP should write to the Ministry of Justice to seek assurance that reviews into the effectiveness of domestic abuse offender behaviour programmes are in place to ensure that resources are effectively targeted and positive outcomes can be demonstrated.
The Safeguarding Children Partnership should ensure that understanding the impact of domestic abuse and parental mental ill health are given full consideration when practitioners engage with families at any stage of contact.