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
Lincoln review
CSP: LincolnPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2018Extracted: 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 identified the perpetrator's manipulative, controlling, and coercive behaviour towards the victim, alongside instances of violence from both parties. It highlights a need for improved professional curiosity and better support messaging for male victims of domestic abuse across public-facing agencies.
Home Office classifications
32 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - serious or life limiting illness
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - known to others 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 - 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 - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
That the Named Nurse for Safeguarding commissions an audit of assault-related attendances, in each of the A&E departments, in order assess compliance with the Trust and local Domestic Abuse processes.
That all public facing agencies in the partnership review their training for staff and volunteers to ensure that appropriate responses are given to men when reporting domestic abuse.