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
East and Mid Devon review
CSP: East and Mid Devon
Published: April 2023
Year of death: 2015
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 the complexities of relationship breakdown in later life, with mismatched expectations and communication issues. It notes the perpetrator's mental distress and the victim's controlling behaviour, alongside a lack of prior domestic abuse indicators, posing challenges for agency intervention and identification of risk.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | Promote awareness among older people in Devon of the availability of local advice and support with relationship problems, including domestic abuse. | Safer Devon Partnership |
| R2 | Identify and share good practice in primary care settings in connecting patients who report relationship concerns or domestic abuse with appropriate sources of support. | NEW Devon Clinical Commissioning Group |
| R3 | (National) In future national analysis of domestic homicide review reports, check the prevalence of domestic homicides in which no evidence of prior domestic abuse (fitting the proposed statutory definition12) can be found after the event. | Home Office |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||