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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.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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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.

Home Office classifications

23 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Victim - alcohol misuse
  • Victim - substance misuse
  • Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
  • Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (victim and perpetrator)
  • Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
  • Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
  • Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
  • Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - issued life sentence
  • Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
  • Perpetrator - substance misuse
  • Aggravating factors - separation
  • Aggravating factors - physical abuse
  • Aggravating factors - economic abuse
  • DHR process - police recommendations
  • DHR process - social services recommendations
  • DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
  • DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
  • DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

4 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 1

Addressed to Merseyside Police | Children’s Services

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.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 2

Addressed to Multi-agency

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.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Local agencies

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.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 4

Addressed to Liverpool agencies working with young people

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.

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗