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: Bournemouth
Published: June 2023
Year of death: 2016
Extracted: 10 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 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.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| R1 | 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) | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership |
| R10 | 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. | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnerships |
| R2 | 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. | Bournemouth and Poole Safeguarding Adult Board | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership |
| R3 | 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. | Dorset Police |
| R4 | 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. | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership |
| R5 | 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. | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership |
| R6 | 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. | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership |
| R7 | 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. | Dorset Police |
| R8 | 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. | Bournemouth Borough Council Drug & Alcohol Commission Team |
| R9 | 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. | Bournemouth Community Safety Partnership | NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||