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
Stoke-on-Trent review
CSP: Stoke-on-TrentPublished: August 2023Year of death: 2018Extracted: 4 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The report identifies concerns regarding the timeliness and quality of pre-sentence reports, particularly the availability of police call-out information, which may impact risk assessment and safe sentencing in domestic abuse cases. It also highlights issues with the speed of multi-agency risk assessment processes and the need for courts to receive updated information for adjourned cases.
Home Office classifications
22 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police 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 - died by suicide
Aggravating factors - separation
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 supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - probation services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - record keeping recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership
The Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership should request further information from the National Probation Service (NPS) on the number and percentage of domestic abuse cases in its area where information requested about previous police “call outs” has been received in time to be included in pre sentence reports;
Addressed to
Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership
The Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership should explore with the National Probation Service (NPS) the feasibility of gathering information, when Covid-19 restrictions allow, on the number and percentage of domestic abuse cases in its area where: (i) probation officers have concluded that that they cannot complete sufficient risk assessment to submit a safe sentence recommendation due to the unavailability of information; (ii) adjournments are requested by NPS, whether these were granted, and if so, the length of the adjournment; (iii) how the figures in relation to Stoke-on-Trent cases compare to other parts of the West Midlands;
Addressed to
Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership
The Stoke-on-Trent Community Safety Partnership should bring to the attention of the HM Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) at a national level, the issue identified through this DHR, as to how courts can check whether there is new information which should be taken into account to inform sentencing in cases concerning offences related to domestic abuse that have been adjourned, and / or committed to Crown Courts.