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
North Hampshire review
CSP: North Hampshire
Published: December 2022
Year of death: 2014
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 the sporadic use of routine domestic abuse enquiry in health settings, the invisibility and differing needs of older victims of domestic abuse (particularly from adult family members), and the compounding effect of social isolation on disclosure.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 | Address the information, training and multi-agency response health professionals could utilise, e.g. routine screening, to respond to potential victims of DVA. | West Hampshire Community CCG (as Safeguarding lead for NE Hants & Farnham CCG) |
| 13.3 | Multi-agency response to elder abuse and the intersectionality of DVA and age in the context of domestic abuse, particularly from adult male sons. | North East Hampshire Domestic Abuse Forum |
| 13.4 | Raise awareness to multi-agency partners of vulnerable adults in relation to DVA and in the context of social isolation. | Adult Services | HSAB |
| 13.5 | Make accessible via training and awareness raising the understanding of Coercive Control, particularly in the context of the subsequent legislation. | North East Hampshire Domestic Abuse Forum |
| National | Governmental driver to raise the issue of elder abuse and Domestic Homicide. Utilising the most recent research available. Namely - Domestic Homicide of Older People (2010–15): A Comparative Analysis of Intimate-Partner Homicide and Parricide Cases in the UK – Hannah Bows (2018)31. | Home Office |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||