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
South Devon and Dartmoor review
CSP: South Devon and DartmoorPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 3 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review found no prior agency contact with the victim or perpetrator, preventing any risk assessment or intervention. Concerns were raised regarding the availability of information on substance misuse support for families and the safeguarding protocols of mutual aid groups.
Home Office classifications
11 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Ensure effective communication to front line professionals regarding what services are available addressing alcohol misuse, drug misuse and domestic abuse and how to refer or signpost clients to them.
Make information about support groups for families of substance misusers more widely available, recognising that not all will be in contact with treatment services.
The Chair of Safer Devon Partnership to write to Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous, though their national bodies, requesting that they review their Safeguarding processes and protocols to assist in responding to serious incidents involving anyone attending one of their groups.