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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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Hackney review

CSP: Hackney Published: November 2023 Year of death: 2012 Extracted: 6 recs

Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.

Original review (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary AI-generated

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The review identified systemic issues including the inefficiency and inadequacy of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) process, omissions in inter-agency linking, and a need for improved offender management and criminal justice system responses.

Home Office classifications

20 tags

Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.

  • Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
  • Victim - referred to marac at any time
  • Victim - case heard at marac before homicide
  • Perpetrator - case heard in court
  • Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to health services 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 - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Perpetrator - known to workplace (employer) as a domestic abuse perpetrator
  • Aggravating factors - physical abuse
  • DHR process - police recommendations
  • DHR process - probation services recommendations
  • DHR process - technology systems recommendation themes
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report · 6 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 1

Addressed to Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust | Kingsmead Medical Centre

This review to be utilised in the medical practice revalidation process

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 3

Addressed to Hackney Council | London Probation Trust | Metropolitan Police

Greater attention and focus on the offender management aspect of the MARAC (Op Dauntless)

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 4

Addressed to Metropolitan Police

Pilot the use of the police MERLIN database for triage of adult victims that do not meet the current ‘vulnerable’ threshold

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗

Recommendation 6

Addressed to Hackney Council

Explore ways that local employers may support employees who may be victims of domestic abuse

Verified wording from the published review · Original review (PDF) ↗