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
Bristol review
CSP: BristolPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2017Extracted: 9 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review highlights concerns regarding the recognition and response to male victims of domestic abuse by agencies, including police handling and risk assessment. It also addresses the need for stronger controls on corrosive substance sales.
Home Office classifications
31 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - digital stalking
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
9 recommendations pulled from the report · 5 matched to organisations in the index
That the Safer Bristol Partnership reviews the services to male victims of domestic abuse in the locality to ensure that, as far as is possible, services are available.
That the Safer Bristol Partnership reviews its publicity and information available to male victims of domestic abuse to ensure that they are providing information to men in the most appropriate places.
That all public facing agencies in the partnership review their training for staff and volunteers to ensure that appropriate responses are given to men reporting domestic abuse.
It is recommended that in light of this case and others, government review its controls over the sale of acid to consider whether they should be extended to adults as well as young people.
That Avon and Somerset Constabulary raises awareness with officers about what they are expected to do when a victim declines to engage with a DASH and that they are assured that the appropriate rationales are recorded.
That Avon and Somerset Constabulary should ensure that officers are following best practice by clearly recording that they have spoken to both parties separately when attending domestic abuse incidents, even where the Body Worn Video Camera footage shows that this has taken place.
That Avon and Somerset Constabulary takes further steps to raise awareness of male victims of domestic abuse and makes officers aware of their own possible unconscious bias in circumstances involving male victims.
That Avon and Somerset Constabulary undertakes checking and testing to see whether male victims of domestic abuse are currently receiving expected standards of service by the force.
Addressed to
Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group
That all GPs in the area sign up to the IRIS project so that relevant prompts are provided to remind staff to ask about domestic abuse and support provided if domestic violence or abuse is disclosed.