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
Derbyshire Dales review
CSP: Derbyshire Dales
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2012
Extracted: 7 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
Key concerns include agencies' and the victim's failure to recognise coercive control and domestic abuse indicators. The report highlights issues with police recording practices, such as warning markers, and the need for enhanced professional curiosity in probing for underlying concerns in potential domestic abuse cases.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 8.1.1 | The operational Police Officers and staff are made aware of PNC warning markers and reminded that they should be used whenever appropriate. | Derbyshire Constabulary |
| 8.1.2 | Front line Police Officers should receive awareness training in relation to potential indicators of coercive control in domestic abuse and what action to take. | Derbyshire Constabulary |
| 8.1.3 | Front line Police Officers should receive training on the importance of professional curiosity in asking probing and explorative questions to identify underlying concerns rather than accept the presenting issues in potential domestic abuse cases. | Derbyshire Constabulary |
| 8.2.1 | The Derbyshire Safer Communities Board should take steps to raise public awareness of the importance of recognising the role of coercive control in domestic abuse cases. | Derbyshire Safer Communities Board |
| 8.2.2 | Derbyshire Safer Communities Board to ensure multi agency domestic abuse training should include specific training on the role of coercive control in domestic abuse and potential indicators of such control. | Derbyshire Safer Communities Board |
| 8.2.3 | Consideration to be given to sharing the newly developed police domestic abuse pack with other agencies. The purpose would be to estimate its usefulness by others in providing information and details of support to victims of domestic abuse. | Derbyshire Safer Communities Board |
| 8.2.4 | The Derbyshire Safer Communities Board to seek assurance that the recommendations are addressed within 6 months of the date the report is accepted by the Derbyshire Safer Communities Board . | Derbyshire Safer Communities Board |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||