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
Sandwell review
CSP: Sandwell
Published: June 2023
Year of death: 2011
Extracted: 8 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 identifies systemic failures in multi-agency information sharing, risk assessment, and the provision of domestic abuse services, leading to missed opportunities to safeguard the victim.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | That the Safer Sandwell Partnership (SSP) support initiatives by CAADA to have the multi-agency risk assessment conference process placed on a statutory basis to ensure sustainable local funding and high quality intervention which supports high risk victims of domestic abuse. | Safer Sandwell Partnership (SSP) |
| 2 | That Safer Sandwell Partnership re-affirms its commitment to domestic abuse services locally and supports the Domestic Abuse Strategic Partnership in delivery such services by adequately resourcing the necessary activity. | Safer Sandwell Partnership |
| 3 | That the Safer Sandwell Partnership review current plans to provide domestic abuse services locally to ensure that they have a clear strategic direction, are adequately resourced, are robustly managed and that operational staff are appropriate trained and supported to provide a high quality protective service. | Safer Sandwell Partnership |
| 4 | That Safer Sandwell Partnership take measures to satisfy itself that the MARAC process is working effectively in Sandwell and, in particular, that robust Action Plans are routinely produced to safeguard high risk victims of domestic abuse. | Safer Sandwell Partnership |
| 5 | That the Safer Sandwell Partnership undertake an audit of partner agencies written policies and procedures in respect of domestic abuse to ensure that they reflect current research and best practice, and that staff of partner agencies are familiar with those procedures whereby they know how to act when they become aware of potential victims. | Safer Sandwell Partnership |
| 6 | That West Midlands Police review their training programme for custody staff to ensure that bail decisions in cases of domestic abuse take full account of all safeguarding issues. | West Midlands Police |
| 7 | That Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust review their guidance regarding criteria/thresholds for withdrawing offenders from IDAP (and returning the matter to Court) where those offenders appear to be making limited progress in addressing their abusive behaviour, and to provide additional guidance in respect of circumstances where it is not appropriate to confront an offender about deteriorating behaviour towards victims. | Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust |
| 8 | That SSP put in place appropriate measures to satisfy itself that all recommendations arising from this Domestic Homicide Review i.e. including those contained in the IMRs of partner agencies are fully implemented and the lessons arising from them are embedded into procedure and practice. | Safer Sandwell Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||