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
Kensington and Chelsea review
CSP: Kensington and Chelsea
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2017
Extracted: 10 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 identified a lack of agency contact with the victim, who experienced chronic coercive control and economic abuse by the perpetrator, escalating when she sought divorce. Key concerns include the need for professionals to recognise subtle signs of abuse and for public awareness campaigns to challenge victim stereotypes.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| c | A learning event to be held for professionals that focuses on addresses the dynamics of domestic abuse, coercive control, economic abuse and how power works | VAWG Partnership |
| c | Community Ambassadors to be recruited and trained as part of the ‘Ask Me’ project, building a local network that breaks the silence about domestic abuse | Three Borough Network | VAWG Partnership | Women’s Aid |
| d | GPs to be trained on understanding the dynamics of domestic abuse and coercive control and the need for routine enquiry | Children and Health Operational Group | VAWG Partnership |
| d | Housing sales and legal conveyancing professionals to be trained on understanding how property can be used to exert economic abuse as a form of coercive control | Housing Operational Group | Specialist services |
| d | All agencies and frontline professionals should consider the use of a DASH risk assessment where domestic abuse is featured even if it appears at a low threshold level | VAWG Partnership |
| d | The findings from this review to inform a local campaign to raise awareness of domestic abuse and to challenge the myth of who is a victim (i.e. women from affluent backgrounds) and who is a perpetrator | Safer Kensington and Chelsea Partnership |
| e | The Children and Health Operational Group to identify GP surgeries and to share domestic abuse best practice and learning | Children and Health Operational Group |
| e | The Housing Operational Group (HOG) to share domestic abuse best practice and learning with housing sales and legal conveyancing sectors | Housing Operational Group | VAWG Partnership | Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance |
| f | VAWG Partnership to consider future commissioning of the IRIS model to embed learning with GPs | VAWG Strategic Board |
| f | Resources for estate agents on understanding how property can be used to exert economic abuse as a form of financial control i.e. through controlling house sales | Specialist services | Housing Operational Group |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||