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
Hammersmith and Fulham review
CSP: Hammersmith and FulhamPublished: August 2023Year of death: 2015Extracted: 15 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The review highlights challenges for trans victims, sex workers, and short-term migrants in accessing domestic abuse support, noting a lack of local data on these communities' needs. It also identifies deficiencies in DHR process management and family engagement.
Home Office classifications
25 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - different gender identity from birth
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to friends as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
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 - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
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 - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
15 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index
The CSP to develop a local procedure for the conduct of DHRs. This to include a clear process around the monitoring of progress and, where there are delays, the escalation and agreement of mitigating actions to ensure that DHRs are conducted in a timely manner.
The Home Office to amend the statutory guidance in order to improve the transparency of the DHR process by requiring CSPs to routinely report on key milestones (e.g. notification received, commissioned, commenced, submitted to the Home Office for quality assurance, approved for publication).
The CSP to ensure that the expectations in relation to Independent Chairs (in particular around the role of the chair in relation to family contact and issues such as record keeping and data retention) are explicit in the terms of their engagement and reflected in the local procedure for the conduct of DHRs.
The Government Equalities Office to ensure that, alongside the reform of the GRA, there is guidance on how to lawfully implement the discretion held by single-sex service providers under the Equality Act.
The CSP to undertake an audit of local agency practice in relation to domestic abuse to identify whether this is trans inclusive, including considering the training available to staff to meet the needs of trans victims and survivors.
The CSP to work with domestic abuse and LGBT+ specialist services to ensure that there are appropriate referral pathways, provision and publicity material in place to meet the needs of trans victims and survivors of domestic abuse.
The CSP to work with partners to develop online resources with information on the help and support for sex workers locally and to develop a comprehensive dissemination strategy.
The CSP to work with partners (in particular Public Health) to ensure that the LBHF has a picture of the size and needs of the local sex industry, in order to inform local commissioning and strategy decisions.
The CSP to undertake an audit of local agency practice in relation to sex workers at risk of domestic abuse, including considering the training available to staff to meet the needs of victims and survivors.
The CSP to work with domestic abuse and sexual health services to ensure that there are appropriate pathways and provision in place to meet the needs of sex workers at risk of domestic abuse.
The CSP to work with partners to consider actions in relation to engagement with, and support to, short term migrants as part the review of the local strategy.
The Home Office to consider identify ways to provide information to those entering the UK with information about domestic violence and abuse and the help and support that is available.