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
Leicester review
CSP: Leicester
Published: December 2022
Year of death: 2018
Extracted: 4 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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review identifies systemic failures in early intervention, multi-agency information sharing, and risk assessment regarding domestic abuse, trauma, and criminal exploitation. Concerns include inadequate mental health support, cultural competence issues, and challenges in transitional safeguarding for young people.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 14.1 | The Safer Leicester Partnership assures itself that agencies understand the importance of identification of domestic abuse in families and understand the harm this represents to children and families. | Safer Leicester Partnership |
| 14.2 | The Safer Leicester Partnership to share the learning from this review with the National Prosecution Team and local Prosecution Team Performance Management group. | Safer Leicester Partnership |
| 14.3 | The Safer Leicester Partnership and Leicester Children Safeguarding Partnership Board should reflect on how current quality assurance frameworks measure effective cultural competence. | Safer Leicester Partnership | Leicester Children Safeguarding Partnership Board |
| 14.4 | When current service provision for adolescents who are subject to transition from child services to adult services is reviewed, the review process considers the wealth of learning from research and national good practice. | Safer Leicester Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||