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

Dacorum review

CSP: Dacorum Published: June 2023 Year of death: 2018 Extracted: 3 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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Summary

The review highlights the deterioration of a sibling relationship following parental deaths and an inheritance dispute, leading to a fatal assault. It notes challenges in predicting violence escalation and the limited applicability of domestic abuse tools and support pathways for non-intimate familial abuse.

Extracted recommendations

3 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	All agencies to continue with the identified training surrounding Domestic Abuse and Coercion and Control. This to include the rolling out of the J9 project (appendix C) within Hertfordshire for all agencies, including non-professionals.	Hertfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership \| Dacorum Community Safety Partnership
2	To ensure that clear pathways for victims of familial abuse within Hertfordshire are embedded into the future commissioning of domestic abuse services.	Hertfordshire County Council \| NHS Hertfordshire ICBs \| Hertfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
3	The CSP to carry out a leaflet drop providing information highlighting domestic abuse and the referral pathways to leisure facilities and community centres within their district.	Dacorum Community Safety Partnership
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗