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
Basildon review
CSP: Basildon
Published: April 2023
Extracted: 3 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 highlights concerns regarding agencies' 'Think Family' approach, particularly in considering children's welfare and parental mental health. It also identifies issues with police categorisation in non-crime domestic incidents, the need for improved information sharing, and greater awareness of relationship breakdown impacts.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essex Police and Kent Police to promote to officers the ‘Think Family’ approach when responding to adults. Both forces to be satisfied that, when children are mentioned during incident reports, their whereabouts and wellbeing are checked and documented. | Essex Police | Kent Police |
| 2 | Essex Police to address the learning in relation to categorisation in non-crime domestic incidents. | Essex Police |
| 3 | SETDAB and Kent Community Safety Partnership to integrate the learning from this Review into planning future awareness raising campaigns. | SETDAB | Kent Community Safety Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||