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: 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.

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Summary

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.

Extracted recommendations

11 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	Review policies and procedures relating to the delivery of DVDS Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme in Liverpool Central area.	Merseyside Police
1	Promotion of surgery as safe place for victims	NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
1	Staff to be trained in DVDS as part of mandatory training programme.	Liverpool Community NHS Trust
1	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.	Citysafe
2	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.	Merseyside Police
2	Promotion of routine enquiry into domestic abuse	NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
2	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.	Citysafe
3	Promotion of support for victims of domestic abuse	NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
3	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.	Home Office
4	Ensure index surgery attends safeguarding domestic abuse training	NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
5	Domestic abuse awareness training for primary care	NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗