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
Croydon review
CSP: CroydonPublished: November 2023Year of death: 2016Extracted: 7 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
Key concerns include the Royal Mail's mail redirection process not adequately considering victim safety, a lack of awareness among employers and the public about domestic abuse support services, and specific challenges faced by non-UK nationals in accessing help.
Home Office classifications
22 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - immigration involvement
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - issued life sentence
Perpetrator - substance misuse
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
Perpetrator - immigration involvement
Aggravating factors - separation
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - idva or other domestic abuse support service recommendations
DHR process - employer recommendations
DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - policy recommendation themes
DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
DHR process - other recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
7 recommendations pulled from the report · 4 matched to organisations in the index
Addressed to
National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) | Domestic Abuse NGOs | Royal Mail
That the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC), Domestic Abuse NGOs, and Royal Mail, work in partnership to review the current process around mail redirection to ensure that procedures are in place to consider the safety of victims of Domestic Abuse changing address. It should be considered that in applications for mail redirections, there should be a routine question on whether the redirection is for means of personal safety. This process should take place in consultation with National Domestic Abuse agencies (NB: Given the timescales and the risks involved, it is considered that this action be discussed by the NPCC and Royal Mail at the earliest opportunity and before this report is published).
That the Home Office consider campaigns to raise awareness of coercive and controlling behaviour and the availability of Domestic Abuse Services (local and national) to Non-UK Nationals.
That Croydon CSP develop awareness campaigns to promote awareness of domestic violence within the local Eastern European Community and support the development of local services.
That Croydon CSP promotes domestic violence and abuse awareness and education amongst local businesses. This should include examination of HR Guidance and Protocols on domestic abuse with particular emphasis on local and national referral pathways for victims and perpetrators of domestic abuse. (The CSP may consider working in partnership with the victim’s employer and the Employers’ Initiative on Domestic Abuse to pilot this process)