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: Lincoln Published: April 2023 Year of death: 2016 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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Summary

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.

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
199	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.	Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
200	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.	Safer Communities Lincolnshire
201	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.	Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
202	Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership to work with faith groups to ensure positive awareness of safeguarding procedures and to encourage participation in joint training.	Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
203	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.	Lincolnshire Children’s Services
204	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.	Lincolnshire Safeguarding Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗