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
Bournemouth review
CSP: BournemouthPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2016Extracted: 10 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified inconsistent multi-agency coordination, particularly between MARAC and adult safeguarding, and challenges in engaging the victim due to complex needs and the perpetrator's controlling behaviour. Issues included limited exploration of support options, information sharing gaps, and difficulties in prosecuting the perpetrator.
Home Office classifications
37 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
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 probation services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
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
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
10 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership to consider using the LGA guidance (chapter 11) to inform a multi-agency audit to establish if good practice is in place locally. (attached appendix B)
Addressed to
Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adult Board | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership
Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adult Board and Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership to undertake a joint audit of recent MARAC and safeguarding meetings, to establish if changes have taken place following the recent MARAC review.
Dorset Police to advice officers investigating serious crime that they should ascertain if victims/ witnesses are already open to any safeguarding processes. This is to work with agencies already involved with the individual and assess the impact of their continued involvement in the investigation on the any safeguarding concerns.
Addressed to
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership to reinforce that it is good practice for staff from statutory agencies to ascertain if individuals they are working with are already open to any safeguarding processes.
Addressed to
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership to advise that MARAC, must also explore the family/friend networks of a victim, to ascertain if they might be able to provide additional support and ensure this is included in the action plan.
Addressed to
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership to be assured that within current local policy and procedures there is clarity about the function of the police PPN/ DASH (formally SCARF), to include who should receive such a notification and how they should respond.
Dorset Police to reinforce the requirement by officer to respond positively to breaches of bail conditions in cases of domestic abuse, with a view to prosecution. To assist decision making, officers should seek advice from the experienced domestic abuse officers.
Addressed to
Bournemouth Borough Council Drug & Alcohol Commission Team
Bournemouth Borough Council Drug & Alcohol Commission Team to review the current MDT panel Public Health Dorset referral form, to ensure it enables additional information from other processes such as safeguarding and MARAC to be clearly referenced.
Addressed to
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership | NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership to work with NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group to consider how to improve the involvement of GPs with the MARAC process.
Addressed to
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnerships
Bournemouth Community Safety Partnerships to raise awareness of and promote the use of the Serious Crime Act 2015, when evidence of coercion and control of a victim is identified.