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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.
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Norfolk review

CSP: Norfolk Published: April 2023 Year of death: 2016 Extracted: 4 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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This DHR highlights concerns about limited agency engagement with the victim and missed opportunities to identify the perpetrator's history of domestic abuse and firearm access. It also notes challenges in GP cooperation with DHRs and the disparity in support for children of perpetrators versus victims.

Home Office classifications

15 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
  • Perpetrator - mental ill health
  • Perpetrator - depression
  • Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
  • Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - died by suicide
  • Aggravating factors - separation
  • Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
  • DHR process - family contributed to dhr
  • DHR process - health services recommendations
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

4 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 5.2.1

Addressed to GP practices across the county

That the GP practices across the county consider having Domestic Abuse Champions in their surgery.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 5.2.2

Addressed to Hospitals in Norfolk

That the hospitals in Norfolk consider having Domestic Abuse Champions in all of their departments.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 5.6.1

Addressed to Government

It is recommended that, despite the strengthening of the latest statutory guidance more work needs to be done to ensure the co-operation of GPs with Domestic Homicide Reviews. As the problem in this case appears to have been, in part, the payment to be made for engagement, it is recommended that either an agreement is reached about payment for these reviews or it is included in the existing contracts.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 5.6.2

Addressed to Government

That the Government reviews its policy with regard to support for children affected by domestic homicide and affords the same level of support to children of perpetrators as is available to children of victims.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗