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: Croydon
Published: November 2023
Year of death: 2017
Extracted: 7 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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Source: Home Office DHR Library
Summary
The review identified a lack of culturally specific support for Eastern European women, challenges in addressing stalking and technology-facilitated abuse outside intimate partner relationships, and systemic failures in information sharing by national agencies regarding substance misuse.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 7.2.2 | That the Home Office ensures the UK Border Force and National Crime agencies are included as a statutory agency on all appropriate Domestic Homicide Reviews. | Home Office |
| 7.2.3 | That the Home Office establish information sharing protocols between the UK Border Force and the police to ensure they have a much more robust and auditable process for recording information and disseminating information. | Home Office |
| 7.2.4 | That the Home Office commission research across VAWG services and local communities in England and Wales to establish the impact of Domestic Abuse on Eastern European women. The findings should be used to ensure, where appropriate, that VAWG services provide language and culturally specific services for Eastern European women. | Home Office |
| 7.2.5 | That Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership reviews awareness and signposting across all membership to ensure services are available to women experiencing a wide range of violence against women and girls from men, including sexual voyeurism, stalking, and technology abuse. | Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership |
| 7.2.6 | That Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership reviews local commissioned VAWG services, and ensure that partnerships are in place to provide language and culturally specific services if not in place locally, which reflect the demographics of the community it services, including Romanian/Eastern European women. | Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership |
| 7.2.7 | That London Borough of Croydon Education Department considers a reflective practice event on the good work of the MPS Homicide Investigation Team and London Borough of Croydon Education Department in managing the death of the victim. This should demonstrate the importance of having a domestic abuse lead within education settings. | London Borough of Croydon Education Department |
| 7.2.8 | That Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership should develop awareness around a wider spectrum of abuse against women and girls. This should take into account that women can be subject to gender-based violence and stalking outside of intimate relationships. | Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||