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
Chorley and South Ribble review
CSP: Chorley and South RibblePublished: June 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 6 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 the under-recognition of male victims of domestic abuse by professionals and the public, alongside inconsistent multi-agency information sharing and risk assessment. It also notes challenges in perpetrator engagement and a lack of concerted professional inquiry regarding escalating incidents.
Home Office classifications
42 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
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)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - panic attacks
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
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 health 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 - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to workplace (employer) as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
The Chair of the Community Safety Partnership should take local action to strengthen awareness raising opportunities for the safe disclosure, assessment and necessary interventions to protect and safeguard male victims of domestic abuse.
The CSP should be assured that professionals across the local agencies have access to training specifically in relation to male victims of domestic abuse.
The Community Safety Partnership should be assured that local policy and practice in relation to safeguarding children also includes the impact of hidden and overt domestic abuse
Addressed to
Community Safety Partnership | Clinical Commissioning Group
The Community Safety Partnership should be assured that the CCG have considered the validity of screening for and recording disclosures of domestic abuse and recording these incidents by the application of an ‘Aggressive Behaviour READ Code’ and a summary on the patients record. This may be achieved via the General Medical Services (GMS) Contract Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Additionally, the recording of domestic abuse disclosures in primary care settings should be monitored and compliance with NICE and RCGP guidance should be quality assured.
The Community Safety Partnership should develop specific information campaigns and support services for families, friends and colleagues of male victims of domestic abuse. This should include guidance that clearly describes the signposts to relevant and appropriate services.
Addressed to
Community Safety Partnership | NHS England
The Community Safety Partnership should correspond with NHS England requesting that they review the domestic abuse risk assessment tools that are applied in A&E settings and consider adopting an abridged Risk Identification Checklist (RIC) assessment to be provided in A&E settings.