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
East Hertfordshire review
CSP: East HertfordshirePublished: August 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 9 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 missed opportunities by agencies to identify domestic abuse, share information effectively, conduct consistent risk assessments, and implement robust safety planning, potentially impacting the victim's protection.
Home Office classifications
36 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - referred to marac at any time
Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
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 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 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 - attended perpetrator programme
Perpetrator - attended drug and alcohol services
Perpetrator - supervised by probation services
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - digital stalking
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
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 - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
9 recommendations pulled from the report · 4 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Princess Alexandra Hospital | Hertfordshire Constabulary | Victim Support | Spectrum
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Victim Support (IDVA Service) and Spectrum should assure Hertfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership that initial and refresher training is provided to staff; drawing on the learning from this and other DHRs including using them as case studies should be effective in enabling staff to develop their awareness and understanding of domestic abuse.
The MARAC Steering Group should revise the terms of reference for MARAC to ensure that they include a requirement for timely circulation of the minutes of MARAC meetings.
Addressed to
Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Community Rehabilitation Company | East Herts District Council - housing options team | East Herts District Council Community Safety and Health Services | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust | Hertfordshire Constabulary | Hertfordshire County Council Children’s Services | Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | NHS England Hertfordshire and South Midlands Area team | Princess Alexandra Hospital | Spectrum Drug and
All agencies in the case should re-enforce to staff the need to share relevant information in line with their information sharing protocols.
Addressed to
Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Community Rehabilitation Company | East Herts District Council - housing options team | East Herts District Council Community Safety and Health Services | Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust | Hertfordshire Constabulary | Hertfordshire County Council Children’s Services | Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust | NHS England Hertfordshire and South Midlands Area team | Princess Alexandra Hospital | Spectrum Drug and
All agencies in the case should ensure staff are clear about how they will conduct safety planning with victims of domestic abuse.
Addressed to
Hertfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership
The Domestic Abuse Partnership should seek assurance that agencies are consistently providing information to victims of domestic abuse on the resources available to them.