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
Manchester review
CSP: ManchesterPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2016Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identifies missed opportunities by agencies to recognise and respond to adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse (APVA) and the perpetrator's deteriorating mental health. Barriers to the family disclosing the full extent of abuse and mental health concerns were also noted.
Home Office classifications
17 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - immigration involvement
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Child - primary address same as victim
Child - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - psychosis
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership | Partner Agencies
Manchester Community Safety Partnership ensure all partner agencies are briefed about the issues of APVA. Partner agencies to ensure their policies and procedures incorporate the most recent guidance about how to respond to APVA.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership | Manchester Safeguarding Board
Manchester Community Safety Partnership and Manchester Safeguarding Board to ensure partner agencies have safeguarding procedures in place that are compliant with the Care Act 2014 and that safeguarding referral pathways are in place where concerns are identified.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership | Manchester Adult Safeguarding Board
Manchester Community Safety Partnership to work with the Manchester Adult Safeguarding Board to assure themselves that all churches and faith communities understand their obligations in relation to domestic abuse and APVA safeguarding and receive advice and guidance as to the policies and practices they should have in place to deal with these matters.
Addressed to
Manchester Community Safety Partnership | Greater Manchester Mental Health
Manchester Community Safety Partnership should assure itself that referral pathways are in place where there are concerns regarding a person's mental health and they do not appear to be accessing support from their GP or a specialist mental health service. Greater Manchester Mental Health should ensure that such referral pathways are promoted across the partnership.