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
Kent review
CSP: KentPublished: July 2023Year of death: 2018Extracted: 11 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The report identifies a lack of trauma-informed practice, insufficient understanding of coercive control and its impact on victims with complex needs (EUPD, substance misuse), and missed opportunities for effective multi-agency collaboration and information sharing among agencies involved with the victim.
Home Office classifications
49 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - died by suicide
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - psychosis
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - living with victim (including adult children)
Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Child - primary address same as victim
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
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
Perpetrator - known to health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to idva or other domestic abuse support service as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to housing services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to school as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
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 - school 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 - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
11 recommendations pulled from the report · 5 matched to organisations in the index
Development of a secure professionals’ virtual networking “Domestic Abuse Hub” within the Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Website – to aid sharing of knowledge and referral pathways.
Social landlords to include a section in their mutual exchange forms addressing the reason for a mutual exchange – if this reason is due to domestic abuse landlords should follow their safeguarding procedures.
Addressed to
Kent Police | Education | K&M ICB | KMPT | Council A | Council B | KCC ICS | CENTRA | Rising Sun
All agencies and commissioned services to have provision for a trauma informed training offer, which is accessible to all staff, and includes practices for their specific client group.