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
Nottingham review
CSP: NottinghamPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 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 identified concerns regarding the perpetrator's lack of engagement with support services, gaps in continuity of support during transitions, and missed opportunities in risk management and information sharing. It also highlighted issues with the consistent application of domestic abuse risk assessment tools (DASH RIC) and the specialist response to young perpetrators in the criminal justice system.
Home Office classifications
24 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - adjustment disorder
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - psychosis
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 others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
DSVA Strategy Group | National Probation Service | DLNR Community Rehabilitation Company
Agencies will provide assurance that practitioners have an awareness of the DASH RIC and the S-DASH12, as well as how and in what circumstances they should be used.
Addressed to
DSVA Strategy Group | National Probation Service | DLNR Community Rehabilitation Company
Agencies should ensure a refresh of the training regarding the DASH RIC and consider its use for familial domestic violence and abuse, including parents.
Addressed to
Nottingham Crime and Drugs Partnership | Women’s Aid Integrated Services | Youth Offending Service | Youth Court
Young persons who harm aged 16 and 17 should be responded to with the criminal justice system with the same degree of specialist knowledge in respect of domestic abuse as those aged 18 and over.