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: LiverpoolPublished: July 2023Year of death: 2020Extracted: 6 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review identified systemic issues in multi-agency information sharing and risk assessment, leading to missed opportunities to identify coercive control and manage the victim's complex needs, including suicide risk. Challenges in victim engagement, a lack of suitable refuge accommodation, and potential unconscious bias in same-sex relationships were also noted.
Home Office classifications
48 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 - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - psychosis
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - psychosis
Perpetrator - post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
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 idva or other domestic abuse support service as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to probation services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to housing services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - supervised by probation services
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - sexual abuse
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
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 - probation services recommendations
DHR process - housing services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
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
6 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Agencies involved in the review | Liverpool Community Safety Partnership
Agencies involved in the review should provide Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with evidence of the training and information provided to staff on suicide prevention. The Community Safety Partnership should assess the information received and consider whether a multi-agency training package for Liverpool is required.
Addressed to
Agencies involved in the review | Liverpool Community Safety Partnership
Agencies involved in the review should provide Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with evidence that information has been provided to staff on the links between domestic abuse and suicide. The learning from this review should be used to assess whether a city-wide multi-agency package, to inform practitioners of the links between domestic abuse and suicide, is required.
Addressed to
Agencies involved in the review | Liverpool Community Safety Partnership
Agencies involved in the review should provide Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with assurance that their training plans take into account the need to train staff in trauma-informed practice. The Community Safety Partnership should assess whether a city-wide multi-agency approach to trauma-informed practice is required.
The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (section 57) requires all Local Authorities to: (a) assess, or make arrangements for the assessment of, the need for accommodation-based support in its area, (b) prepare and publish a strategy for the provision of such support in its area, and (c) monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategy. The assessment and strategy for Liverpool should take into account the learning from this case. The panel further recommends that the Home Office encourage all local Authorities to ensure that their assessment and strategy for accommodation-based support takes into account people with complex needs, including the risk of suicide.
Addressed to
Agencies involved in the review | Liverpool Community Safety Partnership
Agencies involved in the review should provide Liverpool Community Safety Partnership with assurance that staff are trained in relation to the possibility of unconscious bias and domestic abuse in same sex relationships.