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
Bristol review
CSP: Bristol
Published: December 2022
Year of death: 2016
Extracted: 5 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 report identifies concerns regarding multi-agency responses to non-intimate partner domestic abuse, particularly sibling violence, and the effectiveness of safeguarding for older children. It highlights challenges in assessing cumulative risks in families with multiple needs and engaging non-cooperative families.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avon and Somerset Constabulary should work with its partners within the Community Safety Partnership and Bristol Safeguarding Children Board to review the effectiveness of its Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment model and investigative practice regarding non-intimate partner abuse. | Avon and Somerset Constabulary | Community Safety Partnership | Bristol Safeguarding Children Board |
| 2 | The Community Safety Partnership and the Safeguarding Children Board should work with partners, including the Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board, to develop practice, knowledge and skills across agencies relating to non-intimate partner abuse and to consider whether there is a role for specialist services. | Community Safety Partnership | Safeguarding Children Board | Bristol Safeguarding Adults Board |
| 3 | The Community Safety Partnership and the Bristol Safeguarding Children Board should recommend to the Home Office that guidance, research and strategy relating to a broader spectrum of domestic abuse other than intimate partner abuse is developed nationally. | Community Safety Partnership | Bristol Safeguarding Children Board | Home Office |
| 4 | Children’s Social Care and the Youth Offending Team to draw on the learning from this Review to identify ways to further develop their approach to, and arrangements for, joint working. | Children’s Social Care | Youth Offending Team |
| 5 | The Bristol Safeguarding Children Board consider identifying working with adolescent boys as a thematic priority in its strategic plan. | Bristol Safeguarding Children Board |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||