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
Norfolk review
CSP: NorfolkPublished: September 2023Year of death: 2014Extracted: 8 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 concerns regarding the perpetrator's deceit and controlling behaviour, potentially exacerbated by cultural expectations around male entitlement and the victim's inability to have children. It also identifies challenges in identifying domestic abuse due to the victim's privacy and cultural barriers to disclosure within BAME communities.
Home Office classifications
27 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - depression
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Victim - immigration involvement
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - serious or life limiting illness
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - died by suicide
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - family consulted about terms of reference
DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
Addressed to
Domestic Abuse Change Programme Board
That the Domestic Abuse Change Programme Board takes into account the findings of this DHR and include in the Change Programme Plan the following: (a) A process of engagement and consultation with BAME communities and groups to develop and deliver a method of raising awareness of domestic abuse, behaviour which increases risk, and sources of support with the aim of increasing opportunities for early reporting and intervention. (b) A campaign which challenges abusive behaviours and beliefs in male entitlement by perpetrators across all cultures and populations with the aim of increasing reporting and holding perpetrators to account. (c) Agencies should be aware of and engaged with the communities they serve and ensure that appropriate expertise is accessed to inform them of cultural issues and practices which may suggest an increase in risk when undertaking risk assessments in relation to domestic abuse.
It is recommended that the safeguarding element of the induction-training programme be strengthened to ensure that all members of staff receive the mandatory element of training required at the start of their employment.
It is recommended that a domestic abuse awareness element is included in the induction-training programme to ensure that all members of staff receive a basic awareness at the start of their employment.
It is recommended that a domestic abuse awareness policy is developed that provides clear information about domestic abuse and the type and frequency of training that members of staff are expected to undertake.
It is recommended that domestic abuse awareness training is made available to all members of staff who did not attend the training in 2014, and that a rolling programme of training is implemented.
The practice should review the ethnic origins of the patient population in order to understand different cultural factors that may impact on the communication of key information between the clinician and patient.