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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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.

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

Summary AI-generated

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The review highlights gaps in culturally specific support for Eastern European women, challenges in identifying and responding to stalking and tech abuse, and failures in information sharing between national and local agencies regarding substance misuse intelligence. It also notes the need for a broader definition of domestic abuse.

Home Office classifications

13 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 - immigration involvement
  • Aggravating factors - stalking
  • Aggravating factors - digital stalking
  • DHR process - family supported by expert specialist advocate
  • DHR process - community safety partnership recommendations
  • DHR process - policy recommendation themes
  • DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
  • DHR process - awareness raising recommendation themes
  • DHR process - other recommendation themes

Extracted recommendations

7 recommendations pulled from the report · 3 matched to organisations in the index

Recommendation 7.2.2

Addressed to Home Office

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.

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Recommendation 7.2.3

Addressed to Home Office

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.

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Recommendation 7.2.4

Addressed to Home Office

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.

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

Recommendation 7.2.5

Addressed to Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership

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.

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Recommendation 7.2.6

Addressed to Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership

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.

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

Recommendation 7.2.7

Addressed to London Borough of Croydon Education Department

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.

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Recommendation 7.2.8

Addressed to Safer Croydon Community Safety Partnership

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.

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