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
Stoke-on-Trent review
CSP: Stoke-on-Trent
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2015
Extracted: 6 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 identified challenges in multi-agency information sharing and the need for a holistic overview of cumulative incidents and offending. It also highlighted the importance of training for frontline staff to identify broader vulnerabilities and pursue evidence-led prosecutions when victims are unwilling to cooperate.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| a. | It is recommended that the agencies within the Community Safety Partnership consider a referral mechanism to MAPPA (or a similar forum) where there is evidence that individuals or members of family groups are involved in cumulative offending or incidents of concern to ensure effective multi-agency information sharing, planning and response. | Community Safety Partnership |
| b. | It is recommended that training to front line staff ensures they are provided with appropriate tools to ascertain why a victim may not wish to support a complaint or prosecution and to understand the tools available to bring an evidence-led prosecution. | Community Safety Partnership |
| NHS_England_1 | GPs to be advised to consider recording the name of people who attend a consultation with a patient. | NHS England |
| NPS_Staffs_Stoke_1 | When a referral has been accepted by the Criminal Justice Mental Health Team and an offender chooses to later decline these services, even though the officer assesses there is ongoing need, the officer should attempt to set up dissonance/motivate in an attempt to ensure services are taken up. | National Probation Service – Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent |
| Staffs_Police_1 | Training and education of officers and staff should seek to assist them in identifying broader vulnerabilities of adults due to risky behaviour. | Staffordshire Police |
| Stoke_City_Council_1 | Information to be shared between Cooperative Working and external partners more effectively through the use of a “consent to share” form for service users. | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||