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
Lincoln review
CSP: LincolnPublished: 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 highlights the long-term impact of domestic violence and abuse on children and parenting capacity, and the need for improved multi-agency assessment and support for adolescents with complex needs, particularly regarding trauma-informed practice and child-to-parent abuse. It also notes gaps in coordinated support for families not meeting social care thresholds.
Home Office classifications
31 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Children - removed into care
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership to evaluate the capacity and performance of services to address the needs of adolescents with difficult or risky behaviours, but without diagnosed mental health illness.
Safer Communities Lincolnshire to review how parent/child abuse is identified and assessed and to seek assurance that domestic violence and abuse is understood to often be a key factor in adolescent trauma and behavior.
Addressed to
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership to improve awareness of trauma informed practice and adverse childhood experiences, particularly concerning the long-term impacts of domestic violence and abuse on children and parenting capacity in order to develop strategies for better professional assessment of these.
Addressed to
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership to work with faith groups to ensure positive awareness of safeguarding procedures and to encourage participation in joint training.
Lincolnshire Children’s Services to review how social work expertise is accessed by TAC processes to encourage professional curiosity and to support complex needs where there is not an incident or trigger for direct social work intervention or assessment.
Addressed to
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership to seek assurance that cumulative and whole family perspectives are strengthened in assessment and support work, particularly for families who do not meet social care thresholds.