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Liverpool review

CSP: Liverpool Published: July 2023 Year of death: 2017 Extracted: 11 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 review identified concerns regarding agencies' limited knowledge and inconsistent application of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, and a failure to fully recognise coercive and controlling behaviour. Information sharing issues and the potential link between internet dating and domestic homicides were also noted.

Home Office classifications

33 tags

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

  • 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 victim (including adult children)
  • Children - living with perpetrator (including adult children)
  • Child - primary address same as victim
  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - issued life sentence
  • Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
  • Perpetrator - substance misuse
  • Perpetrator - mental ill health
  • Perpetrator - self harm
  • Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to probation services 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 - health services recommendations
  • DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
  • DHR process - training recommendation themes
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

11 recommendations pulled from the report · 8 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 1

Addressed to Merseyside Police

Review policies and procedures relating to the delivery of DVDS Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in Liverpool Central area.

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

Recommendation 1

Addressed to Citysafe

That Citysafe establishes its constituent agencies’ knowledge and use of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme as a method of supporting victims of domestic abuse and considers a programme to raise public awareness of the scheme.

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

Recommendation 2

Addressed to Merseyside Police

Consider reinforcing guidance on DVDS to officers and staff engaged in the process, particularly around conducting the necessary research into parties who report their first incident of domestic abuse.

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

Recommendation 2

Addressed to Citysafe

That Citysafe establishes its constituent agencies’ knowledge of how to identify coercive and controlling behaviour and what tactics they use to support victims so affected.

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

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Home Office

That the Home Office considers if research is needed to establish whether there is an increased risk of becoming a victim of domestic homicide where the relationship was formed through the internet.

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

Recommendation 4

Addressed to NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group

Ensure index surgery attends safeguarding domestic abuse training

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