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

Epping Forest review

CSP: Epping Forest Published: August 2023 Year of death: 2016 Extracted: 2 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 highlights the challenge in identifying coercive and controlling behaviour as domestic abuse, particularly when non-physical, by both the victim and professionals. Agencies were not aware of the significance of the impact of coercion and control on the victim.

Extracted recommendations

2 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	That, given the widening of the scope of the definition of domestic abuse to include emotional, psychological and coercive abuse (i.e. non-physical abuse), the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) should remind all relevant health professionals who are often in the privileged position of speaking to individuals in the absence of their partners and hearing their concerns, of these changes, so that they may recognise potential domestic violence through non-physical symptoms (e.g. depression, low self-esteem, lack of self-confidence etc.) and make referrals to relevant services and initiatives;	West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG)
2	That all public facing agencies should make available to their staff and local teams leaflets, posters and other advisory information relating to the wider definition of domestic abuse and the outreach services that are available to those who believe that they may be subject to domestic abuse.	Epping Forest CSP
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗