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
Doncaster review
CSP: DoncasterPublished: July 2023Year of death: 2017Extracted: 8 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identifies challenges in supporting vulnerable adolescents in care involved in mutually abusive relationships. Key concerns include difficulties with engagement, consistent risk assessment, tailored interventions, and information sharing, compounded by frequent placement changes and drug use.
Home Office classifications
26 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to social services 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 - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Addressed to
Safer Doncaster Community Safety Partnership
The partnership should explore ways of improving the care received by looked after children under 18 when there is evidence of non-attendance and who at times are not registered with a GP or/and dentist.
Addressed to
Safer Doncaster Community Safety Partnership
The partnership should explore the complex issue faced by looked after children regarding their access to services, for example, CAMHS referral and the continuity of care in primary care due to moving to placements in other areas.