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.

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Daventry and South Northamptonshire review

CSP: Daventry and South Northamptonshire Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2012 Extracted: 9 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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Summary

The review identified systemic failures in inter-agency information sharing, risk assessment, and coordination of services for the victim and their children. Concerns include inadequate responses to domestic abuse disclosures, missed opportunities for perpetrator intervention, and a lack of consideration for cultural diversity.

Extracted recommendations

9 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
9.1	All agencies should ensure that they have in place clear and unequivocal guidance on the approach to be taken by staff when they identify or suspect that an individual is illegally in the UK.	All agencies
9.2	The Community Safety Partnership Chair should write to the Crown Prosecution Service and seek assurance that wherever the evidence available in a domestic abuse case meets the statutory evidential test the presumption will be that prosecution is in the public interest, regardless of whether the victim is prepared to support that prosecution. Such assurance should be disseminated to all agencies and professionals involved in responding to domestic abuse.	Community Safety Partnership Chair \| Crown Prosecution Service
9.3	The Northamptonshire Community Safety Coordination Group should receive the report of the commissioned independent review of domestic abuse services, satisfy themselves regarding the effectiveness of MARAC arrangements taking into account national standards, and ensure that any deficits are addressed.	Northamptonshire Community Safety Coordination Group
9.4	The MASH steering group build arrangements into relevant procedural pathways for the routine sharing of domestic abuse referrals to Children’s Social Care with Health Visitors and/or School Nurse providing services to the children of the family.	MASH steering group
9.5	The Northamptonshire Community Safety Coordination Group should coordinate the development and implementation of an initiative to embed an appropriate culture and mind-set regarding domestic abuse across all agencies, along with measures to monitor the impact of this.	Northamptonshire Community Safety Coordination Group
9.6	Agencies should consult those making referrals to them regarding safe methods of establishing contact with victims of domestic abuse consequent to referral of their children; and if necessary proactive personal contact should be made where the victim is away from the perpetrator. Consideration should be given to the risks to victims and their children prior to sending unsolicited letters.	All agencies
9.7	The Local Safeguarding Children Board Northamptonshire should consider the content of this Domestic Homicide Review report in conjunction with the current Children’s Services Improvement Plan and identify what further action is required to ensure that arrangements for safeguarding children in the county are effective. This consideration should take a broad view across all partner agencies working with children and their families.	Local Safeguarding Children Board Northamptonshire
9.8	Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Board, in conjunction with all relevant commissioning bodies, and the Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner should consider the adequacy and effectiveness of services for relationship counselling and for perpetrators of domestic abuse in reducing the incidence of domestic abuse and ensure that any deficits are addressed.	Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Board \| Northamptonshire Police and Crime Commissioner
9.9	All agencies providing specialist services to victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse, and their families, should examine the effectiveness with which they respond to cultural diversity across their service delivery areas and report on this to the Northamptonshire Inter-Personal Violence Board.	All agencies providing specialist services to victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse, and their families \| Northamptonshire Inter-Personal Violence Board
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗