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
Aylesbury Vale review
CSP: Aylesbury ValePublished: April 2023Year of death: 2018Extracted: 9 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identifies concerns regarding the family's social isolation, lack of engagement with universal services, and the failure of Children's Social Care to adequately investigate safeguarding concerns. It highlights gaps in national guidance for Elective Home Education and the need for increased public awareness of coercive control.
Home Office classifications
25 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (victim and perpetrator)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
9 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
The Home Office reviews the existing Domestic Homicide Review Guidance (2016) particularly the current suggested guidance for the timeframes to complete a homicide review. New guidance should also give more specific guidance to Police Services and other key agencies about the completion of IMRs to ensure they are completed fully from the outset which would assist in speeding up the Review process.
The Department for Education, as a minimum, implement changes to the Elective Home Education guidance following their Children not in Education consultation, which places a duty on parents to register their child with their Local Authority when home educating
The Elective Home Education guidance following their Children not in Education consultation, should add giving Local Authorities the right to see the child and their home environment to further safeguard children.
Addressed to
Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group
The Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group undertakes public awareness raising about coercive and controlling behaviour. As a minimum there should be an action appended to the current action plan which lays out a publicity campaign around coercive control using existing media platforms.
Addressed to
Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group
The Buckinghamshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group ensures that any future professionals’ training in respect to coercive and controlling behaviour includes awareness raising and recognition of the impacts that there might be on the children who live with a controlling parent or parents.
Continue to ensure schools and staff are fully informed of Elective Home Education Guidance and procedures (Schools Web is to be kept up to date). Regular bulletin article reminding schools of their statutory responsibility
Reports are analysed in a timely manner to identify any young people for whom we do not have a registered school base or an Elective Home Education base. Reports to include children on the data base for whose education base was closed before they become statutory school age.
Devise an external training programme to ensure all partner agencies are aware of Elective Home Education guidance and inform the Local Authority if they are made aware a child is being home educated.
Addressed to
Buckinghamshire Children’s Social Care
Processes in MASH and First Response will be reviewed by the Head of Service to ensure staff have due regard to the potential risks that home schooling and lack of engagement with universal services may have on the safety and welfare of children.