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
Newcastle upon Tyne review
CSP: Newcastle upon TynePublished: June 2023Year of death: 2012Extracted: 3 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The report highlights inconsistent follow-up on domestic violence disclosures, particularly when the perpetrator was also a victim with complex needs (mental health, alcohol misuse). Agencies often failed to consistently record perpetrator identity or link incidents, hindering a comprehensive understanding of relationship dynamics and risk.
Home Office classifications
37 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - mental ill health
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 - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - was a carer
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - physical disability
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - supervised by mental health services
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - housing services recommendations
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 - record keeping recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
3 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Safe Newcastle Unit | Northumbria Police | Newcastle City Council Adult Services | Your Homes Newcastle | North East Ambulance Service | Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group | Newcastle West Clinical Commissioning Group | Victim Support
All agencies to identify, and feedback to the Safe Newcastle Unit, whether key learning points from this review are already addressed in their existing local training programmes, and actions to be taken to incorporate it where gaps are identified. The key learning points have been identified as: • Ensuring that, when there is disclosure of Domestic Violence, this is followed through and remains a focus of intervention, particularly where Domestic Violence is not the primary remit of the agency. This includes taking full details of the event and alleged perpetrator. • Ensuring staff understand the level of risk associated with disclosure of sexual assault / rape and the responses required as a result of this. • Working effectively with clients with complex needs, particularly mental health and alcohol use, who are disclosing issues of domestic violence. • Agencies to ensure that staff are aware of procedures following disclosure of domestic violence and that these are followed through fully, regardless of whether other agencies are involved in the case. This particularly applies to cases where there are criminal investigations or even proceedings. • Identifying and working with male victims of domestic violence
Addressed to
Safe Newcastle Unit | Northumbria Police | Newcastle City Council Adult Services | Your Homes Newcastle | North East Ambulance Service | Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group | Newcastle West Clinical Commissioning Group | Victim Support
To improve recognition of risk associated with disclosure of sexual assault / rape and the responses of agencies.
Addressed to
Safe Newcastle Unit | Northumbria Police | Newcastle City Council Adult Services | Your Homes Newcastle | North East Ambulance Service | Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust | Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | Newcastle North and East Clinical Commissioning Group | Newcastle West Clinical Commissioning Group | Victim Support
Agencies to disseminate the Newcastle Multi-Agency Domestic Violence and Abuse Procedural Flowchart for Adults (Appendix 2 to this report) to all staff. Feedback is to be provided to the Safe Newcastle as to how and when this has been achieved.