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: LeicesterPublished: April 2023Year of death: 2016Extracted: 6 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 and respond to domestic abuse, including a lack of professional curiosity, insufficient information sharing, and inadequate assessment of substance misuse. Barriers to reporting for male victims and issues with IT system changes also contributed to the failure to intervene effectively.
Home Office classifications
23 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to workplace (employer) as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by probation services
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - probation services recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Leicester Community Safety Partnership
Develop a local campaign which: • is targeted at family and community members who would rather keep knowledge of domestic violence to themselves • challenges beliefs and assumptions that not sharing such knowledge of abuse protects the victim • supports people to engage with support services.
GAP and Police should assure themselves and partners that their staff routinely signpost and actively encourage victims and perpetrators to engage with support services.
Addressed to
Leicester Community Safety Partnership
Deliver a robust and sensitive marketing campaign to raise the awareness of the abuse of males, containing details of points of access to support services.
GAP and Probation should assure themselves and partners that their staff are able to recognize increasing vulnerability associated with patterns of behaviour in the context of domestic abuse.
Addressed to
Leicester Community Safety Partnership
Review the current services for male victims to reassure the partnership that they offer appropriate support to victims within Leicester, recognising the barriers to reporting.