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
Poole review
CSP: PoolePublished: April 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 6 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identifies concerns regarding the management of transition from children's to adult services, challenges in assessing mental capacity in coercive relationships, and inadequate multi-agency risk assessment and information sharing, particularly between MARAC and adult safeguarding processes.
Home Office classifications
49 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - neurodiverse condition diagnosis
Victim - anxiety
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Children - removed into care
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - neurodiverse condition diagnosis
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to social services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to idva or other domestic abuse support service as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to probation services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to housing 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 - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by probation services
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - physical stalking
Aggravating factors - digital stalking
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
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 - community safety partnership recommendations
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 - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Dorset’s Local Safeguarding Children Board | Dorset’s Safeguarding Adults Board
That this report is shared with Dorset’s Local Safeguarding Children Board and their Safeguarding Adults Board so that the Boards can make use of the learning from this review to seek assurance about the effectiveness of arrangements by which looked after children and other children with care and support needs are supported in their transition to adulthood.
Addressed to
Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board | Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board
That this report is shared with Bournemouth and Poole Local Safeguarding Children Board so that that Board and the Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board can make use of the learning from this review to seek assurance about the effectiveness of arrangements by which looked after children and other children with care and support needs are supported in their transition to adulthood.
Addressed to
Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board | Poole Community Safety Partnership
That Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board and Poole Community Safety Partnership establish a joint task and finish group to make use of the learning from this review to ensure that the safeguarding adults and MARAC agendas are more closely aligned and that professional practice in respect of safeguarding adults and tackling domestic abuse is as integrated as possible.
Addressed to
Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adults Board | Poole Community Safety Partnership
That the joint task and finish group referred to above, should also conduct a review of the IDVA service in order to identify what changes need to be made to ensure that: the IDVA service is effectively integrated with the MARAC process; case closure is accompanied by an appropriate level of risk assessment; the service is accessible and sensitive to the needs of disabled people including people with learning disabilities.
It is recommended that the review of Mental Capacity Act policies and procedures to be undertaken by Dorset Healthcare Trust should encompass the difficulty in undertaking capacity assessments of people who give conflicting answers to questions. It may be possible to develop new, or bring together existing, good practice in this area.
Additionally, it is recommended that the review examine the provision of assistance, including advocacy, to people about whom there are capacity concerns, so that they have access to every practicable support to assist them in making