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.

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Rotherham review

CSP: Rotherham Published: September 2023 Year of death: 2016 Extracted: 12 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 found that the victim, despite a history as a perpetrator, was not consistently identified as a victim of domestic abuse, especially as relationship dynamics evolved. Agencies missed opportunities for comprehensive risk assessments, with anti-social behaviour masking abuse and critical information not always being shared effectively across services.

Extracted recommendations

12 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	To review the domestic abuse strategy.	Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Team
1	Undertake a programme of refresher training for Housing and ASB staff, focussing on good practice, referral pathways and the specific learning points from the domestic homicide review.	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Housing Services and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Anti-Social Behaviour Unit
1	Ensure compliance with the Health Records Policy.	The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
1	Officers to provide a more comprehensive narrative when completing risk assessments on victims who are reluctant to engage.	South Yorkshire Police
1	To introduce vulnerability assessment as part of the risk assessment process and launch victim safety planning for all vulnerable service users.	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
1	That the Safer Rotherham Partnership satisfies itself that its constituent agencies understand that perpetrators of domestic abuse can also be victims and take this into account when completing risk assessments.	The Safer Rotherham Partnership
2	Review the Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Service’s handbook.	Independent Domestic Violence Advocacy Team
2	That the learning points from the DHR are also incorporated into the operational principles and practices of the neighbourhood working model being implemented in Rotherham.	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Housing Services and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Anti-Social Behaviour Unit
2	That officers should be alter to tangential indicators of domestic abuse when dealing with what appear to be anti-social behaviour incidents.	South Yorkshire Police
2	To provide practitioner refresher briefings for working with substance misusers	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
2	That the Safer Rotherham Partnership ensures that agencies complete the recommendations they made for this review.	The Safer Rotherham Partnership
3	To review and address client services and needs during information communications technology downtime and responsible officer absences.	South Yorkshire Community Rehabilitation Company
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗