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
Bradford review
CSP: BradfordPublished: April 2023Year of death: 2016Extracted: 7 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified an escalation of abuse, a lack of a composite picture across agencies due to selective disclosure by the victim, and missed opportunities for routine inquiry by GPs. It also highlighted the complexity of identifying abuse when the perpetrator presented as a victim and the need for greater awareness of coercive control.
Home Office classifications
39 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - panic attacks
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - immigration involvement
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (victim and perpetrator)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to mental health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - died by suicide
Aggravating factors - separation
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 - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
7 recommendations pulled from the report · 5 matched to organisations in the index
West Yorkshire Police will remind Police Officers and Staff that when the victim of domestic abuse is not easily identifiable, there is a requirement to complete a DASH risk assessment with both parties independently of one another.
The Trust will recommend that all Level 3 staff working predominantly with children attend domestic abuse training to update on coercion/ control, either via the BDCFT domestic abuse course or multi agency domestic abuse training.
West Yorkshire Police will ensure Police Officers and Staff are compliant with the Force Domestic Abuse Policy in making referrals to Health Service Professionals when Mental Health issues are suspected or identified.
The CCG will raise awareness as to the importance of GPs making explicit enquiry into domestic violence where • the post-natal check is performed by the GP • potential risk factors such as mood disorder and relationship problems are disclosed.