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: BasildonPublished: April 2023Extracted: 3 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 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.
Home Office classifications
23 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Aggravating factors - separation
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems 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
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
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.