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
East and Mid Devon review
CSP: East and Mid DevonPublished: June 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 5 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 challenges in identifying domestic abuse, particularly coercive control, when the victim does not self-identify, and the perpetrator conceals mental health issues. It also points to the need for better awareness campaigns and employer policies on domestic abuse.
Home Office classifications
14 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - died by suicide
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - honour based violence
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - employer recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
5 recommendations pulled from the report · 4 matched to organisations in the index
Build capability in the workforces of all Safer Devon Partnership member agencies to respond in a timely and appropriate way to victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse.
In a future analysis of domestic homicide review reports, draw out any patterns in the location and circumstances of intimate partner homicides where the couple had separated.