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Peterborough review

CSP: Peterborough Published: May 2023 Extracted: 6 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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The review identifies systemic issues including inadequate inter-agency information sharing, inconsistent risk assessments, and procedural gaps in managing high-risk domestic abuse cases. Specific concerns relate to managing perpetrators who leave and re-enter the country, and the impact of organisational change on service delivery and supervision.

Home Office classifications

27 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
  • Victim - referred to marac at any time
  • Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
  • Victim - immigration involvement
  • Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (victim and perpetrator)
  • Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
  • Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
  • Children - living with victim (including adult children)
  • Child - primary address same as victim
  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - issued life sentence
  • 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 school as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - immigration involvement
  • Aggravating factors - separation
  • Aggravating factors - physical abuse
  • DHR process - police recommendations
  • DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
  • DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
  • DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
  • DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
  • DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report · 2 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 1

Addressed to Safer Peterborough Partnership

A single referral pathway to MARAC must be agreed, implemented and monitored as soon as possible

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 2

Addressed to IDVA service | Safer Peterborough Partnership

Procedures, practice standards and supervision requirements for IDVAs must be established, implemented and SPP board satisfied with its sustainability

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Safer Peterborough Partnership

Risk assessments across all agencies must include contingency plans if a risk is reduced by a perpetrator leaving the area.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 4

Addressed to Cambridgeshire Constabulary

The police must ensure that officers are familiar with the lack of links between the PNC and the UK Border Agency

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 5

Addressed to Crown Prosecution Service

The view of this panel should be brought to the attention of the CPS, in particular in relation to the second incident.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 6

Addressed to Safer Peterborough Partnership

All agencies involved in the prevention or investigation of domestic abuse must ensure that practitioners have an opportunity to learn the lessons from this review and especially that:
• Threats to kill must be treated seriously and shared with the police
• Information is sought about previous incidents of domestic violence.
• A child’s ‘lived experience’ is taken into account in risk assessments
• Assessments must be holistic, which necessitates contacting and sharing information with other agencies
• If a member of staff is given information that a child might be at risk, they must refer to their child protection procedures and take some sort of preventive action
• The accurate recording of basic information is a vital part of safeguarding work.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗