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
South Nottinghamshire review
CSP: South Nottinghamshire
Published: February 2024
Year of death: 2016
Extracted: 6 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
This DHR identifies systemic failures in identifying the true level of risk posed by the perpetrator's long-term, controlling, and coercive domestic abuse. Agencies missed opportunities to intervene effectively, partly due to the victim's minimisation and challenges in information sharing, despite the victim's death being attributed to cocaine toxicity following a severe assault.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 8.1.1 | That the Community Safety Partnership ensures that training on coercive control is provided to all new staff in the local authority and that the provision of the training is extended to cover all agencies within the Community Safety Partnership. | South Nottinghamshire Community Safety Partnership |
| 8.2.1 | That Nottinghamshire Police provides reassurance to the CSP that evidence led prosecutions are now considered more robustly in all domestic abuse cases. | Nottinghamshire Police |
| 8.3.1 | That CSC ensures that social work teams have up-to-date information to give to families in respect of support services for victims of domestic abuse. | Nottinghamshire County Council – Children’s Social Care |
| 8.3.2 | Given the time since the IMR was written, that CSC provides reassurance to the CSP that this is now routine and provide an explanation about how this reassurance has been arrived at. That CSC are more persistent in contacting agencies if parents refuse as part of an initial assessment or where the concerns are significant enough for this to be done without consent. The review acknowledges that CSC works with parents to understand the importance of sharing information with their consent to support the protection of their children. | Nottinghamshire County Council – Children’s Social Care |
| 8.4.1 | That the Government considers adopting the “Ask and Act” Policy that is in place in Wales. | National Government |
| 8.4.2 | That the Department for Education develops an effective, national campaign to change the view of CSC’s role in supporting victims of domestic abuse. Also, that resources and training are provided to social workers to assist when carrying out these assessments. | Department for Education |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||