Recommendation 5.1
It is recommended that the GP practice considers how routine enquiry and the consideration of domestic abuse could be embedded into the practice
Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗
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
Bassetlaw review
CSP: Bassetlaw
Published: June 2023
Year of death: 2018
Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Original review (PDF) ↗
Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary AI-generated
The review identified missed opportunities by agencies, particularly police and GP practices, to identify and respond to escalating domestic abuse, including coercive control, economic abuse, and image-based sexual abuse. It also highlighted the victim's challenges in leaving the relationship due to fear and perceived lack of support.
Home Office classifications
39 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
- Victim - pregnancy
- Victim - mental ill health
- Victim - depression
- Victim - suicidal thoughts
- Victim - serious or life limiting illness
- 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 - present at homicide (including adult children)
- Child - primary address same as victim
- Perpetrator - case heard in court
- Perpetrator - issued life sentence
- Perpetrator - mental ill health
- Perpetrator - depression
- Perpetrator - psychosis
- 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 others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
- Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
- Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
- Aggravating factors - separation
- Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
- Aggravating factors - stalking
- Aggravating factors - physical stalking
- Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
- Aggravating factors - physical abuse
- Aggravating factors - economic abuse
- DHR process - family contributed to dhr
- DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
- DHR process - family received draft report
- DHR process - health services recommendations
- DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
- DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
Recommendation 5.2
It is recommended that professionals, other than the GP, who are entering information into the GP records should accompany this with an additional communication to the GP to highlight the information such as telephone call, email, letter or electronic task.
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Recommendation 5.3
It is recommended that the Government revisits the current laws in relation to image-based abuse with a view to introducing a comprehensive law covering all forms of non-consensual taking and/or sharing of private sexual images, including threats and fake images.
Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗
Recommendation 5.4
It is recommended that the national definition of domestic abuse covers image-based abuse.
Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗