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
Tower Hamlets review
CSP: Tower Hamlets
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2014
Extracted: 7 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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review found systemic failures in multi-agency risk assessment and information sharing regarding the perpetrator's mental health, violence, and substance misuse. It highlights missed opportunities to classify adolescent-on-parent violence as domestic abuse, hindering specialist interventions and victim support due to conflicting definitions and inadequate training.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | That all agencies report progress on their internal action plan to the relevant task and finish group of London Borough of Tower Hamlets CSP. | London Borough of Tower Hamlets Community Safety Partnership |
| 2 | That the Home Office amend their definition of ‘Domestic Abuse’ to incorporate incidents involving perpetrators of domestic abuse under the age of sixteen years. | Home Office |
| 3 | The Home Office and Ministry of Justice review the Asset Plus structured assessment tool used by YOS in England to ensure that the system considers children and young people as perpetrators of domestic abuse and has clear pathways to DASH risk assessment and MARAC. | Home Office | Ministry of Justice |
| 4 | That ELFT, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Lifeline and MPS – Tower Hamlets Borough review processes and referral pathways to substance misuse services. This should be followed up with an awareness training programme for all staff. Training should include understanding a young person presentation with substance misuse problems and how to refer to support services. | East London Foundation Trust | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | Lifeline | Metropolitan Police Service – Tower Hamlets Borough |
| 5 | That London Borough of Tower Hamlets CSC and YOS conduct a review of training on domestic violence procedures and processes, including DASH risk assessment and MARAC. | London Borough of Tower Hamlets Children’s Social Care | London Borough of Tower Hamlets Youth Offending Service |
| 6 | The London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London Foundation Trust, Tower Hamlets CCG, Metropolitan Police Service and Non-Government Organisations involved in this DHR process scope, develop and deliver training on cultural sensitivities in the Borough. | London Borough of Tower Hamlets | East London Foundation Trust | Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group | Metropolitan Police Service | Non-Government Organisations |
| 7 | London Borough of Tower Hamlets CSP review the work of the new High Risk Management Panel and promote any good practice identified to the Home Office and London Safeguarding Board. | London Borough of Tower Hamlets Community Safety Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||