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
Oldham review
CSP: OldhamPublished: April 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 8 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 perpetrator's coercive and controlling behaviour as the core issue, exacerbated by agencies' difficulty in identifying the true victim due to binary classification systems and perpetrator manipulation. There were missed opportunities by health and police services to probe disclosures, assess risk, and offer support, particularly regarding alcohol misuse and the impact of a caution on the victim.
Home Office classifications
26 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
8 recommendations pulled from the report · 8 matched to organisations in the index
The Oldham Community Safety and Cohesion Partnership monitor the implementation of the participating agencies recommendations to ensure they are delivered and that agencies report on the progress they have made towards delivery;
The Oldham Community Safety and Cohesion Partnership request agencies ensure their systems and processes for identifying and categorising victims are flexible and capable of dealing with cases in which it is not clear who is in which role;
That, if it comes to light a victim has been a perpetrator, or vici versa, there is a process for re-visiting and, if necessary, reclassifying the roles;
The Oldham Community Safety and Cohesion Partnership request Greater Manchester Police take steps to raise awareness of domestic abuse services to persons who are in custody as perpetrators of domestic abuse;
Addressed to
Oldham Council | Citizens Advice Bureau
The Oldham Community Safety and Cohesion Partnership contact financial service providers and debt advisors operating in their area to identify whether they understand the link between debt and domestic abuse and whether they screen for domestic abuse;
Greater Manchester Police consider, when a caution is to be administered for domestic abuse, if practicable, the case is first discussed with a specialist domestic violence officer.
That the Oldham Community Safety and Cohesion Partnership establishes whether professionals dealing with domestic abuse in its partner agencies have a good understanding of coercive and controlling behaviour and how to support victims subject to it.