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
Liverpool review
CSP: Liverpool
Published: July 2023
Year of death: 2014
Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The report identifies concerns regarding inconsistent inter-agency terminology, gender-based assumptions in risk assessments, missed opportunities for early intervention in mutually violent relationships, and a lack of accessible domestic abuse services for young people.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merseyside Police and Children’s Services should review processes and professional terminology, to ensure the two organisations have a mutual understanding of the terms ‘referral’ and ‘notification’ and the expected actions which should follow on from these processes. | Merseyside Police | Children’s Services |
| 2 | There should be a review of multi-agency policy and procedure for carrying out risk assessments where the presenting evidence indicates mutual aggression or violence, with no clear perpetrator / victim relationship. In such cases, potential risks to each of the parties should be assessed, avoiding assumptions based on gender. | Multi-agency |
| 3 | There should be a local review of strategies and resource allocation addressing issues of young people and domestic abuse (including physical violence and all other types of abuse). High priority should be given to ensuring: • An increase in publicity, awareness raising and preventative work to be developed (by and for) young people at risk from violent or otherwise abusive relationships. This should include specific and age appropriate educational and preventative work with adolescents and younger teenagers, aimed at promoting healthy relationships and preventing abusive behaviour from becoming normalised and ingrained. • Development of specialist services (or specialist workers within existing domestic violence services) for young people already in abusive relationships. | Local agencies |
| 4 | All of the Key Learning Points from this DHR should be disseminated to staff working in Liverpool agencies working with young people who may be affected by abusive teenage relationships. This should particularly include schools, colleges, youth and community organisations, Children’s Services and others with responsibility for working with adolescents and other young people. | Liverpool agencies working with young people |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||