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

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.

View full report (PDF) ↗ Source: Home Office DHR Library

Summary

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.

Extracted recommendations

6 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	This review to be utilised in the medical practice revalidation process	Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust \| Kingsmead Medical Centre
2	An information sharing and ‘flagging’ protocol for the local MARAC	Hackney Council
3	Greater attention and focus on the offender management aspect of the MARAC (Op Dauntless)	Hackney Council \| London Probation Trust \| Metropolitan Police
4	Pilot the use of the police MERLIN database for triage of adult victims that do not meet the current ‘vulnerable’ threshold	Metropolitan Police
5	Consider legal underpinning and accountability for MARAC that is parallel to the MAPPA	Home Office
6	Explore ways that local employers may support employees who may be victims of domestic abuse	Hackney Council
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗