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
Kent review
CSP: KentPublished: 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 review highlights a clash of cultural expectations for the victim, leading to coercion and control by the perpetrator and ultimately an honour-based killing. It identifies missed opportunities for professional curiosity and a lack of agency awareness regarding cultural norms, honour-based violence, and support for young people from minority communities.
Home Office classifications
15 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - honour based violence
DHR process - family received draft report
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - school recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
4 recommendations pulled from the report · 1 matched to organisations in the index
Schools should be supported where appropriate, with understanding and recognising cultures and customs which may lead to family conflict, honour based violence and domestic abuse for students from minority communities. This should include support regarding how to appropriately respond.
Primary health care staff should be trained in understanding and recognising cultures and customs which may lead to family conflict, honour based violence and domestic abuse for patients from minority communities. This should include support regarding how to appropriately respond.
Raise awareness of the supportive services available to young people from different cultural and religious backgrounds through a system of information sharing.