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
Knowsley review
CSP: KnowsleyPublished: May 2023Extracted: 5 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The DHR concluded that the homicide could not have been predicted or prevented by agencies involved. However, it identified learning points concerning family care dynamics, record-keeping, timely agency DHR involvement, and oversight of commissioned services.
Home Office classifications
19 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - was a carer
Victim - physical disability
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - present at homicide (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - was a carer
Perpetrator - carer for victim
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
Addressed to
Knowsley Community Safety Partnership
As a part of the learning from this Domestic Homicide Review, all agencies will be reminded of the importance of monitoring, recording, collating and storing all relevant information concerning diversity issues and protected characteristics.
Addressed to
Knowsley Community Safety Partnership
Agencies who have a statutory duty to participate in the Domestic Homicide Review process should be reminded that their involvement should be comprehensive and timely. In co-operation with the Community Safety Partnership, each agency involved in this DH Review will be invited to develop and implement a learning action plan.
Addressed to
Knowsley Community Safety Partnership
The oversight of the process of commissioning voluntary and independent organisations to provide services should be reviewed and, if necessary, strengthened in order to ensure that compliance with policy and procedure is consistent with the policies and procedures of the commissioning organisation and that where surges in demand place pressure upon capacity there is a mechanism to escalate this issue so that it can be properly managed.
Addressed to
Knowsley Community Safety Partnership
Ensure that from April 2015 all agencies comply with the statutory guidance concerning carer assessment and can demonstrate their compliance before the date of commencement.