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 Oxfordshire review
CSP: South OxfordshirePublished: March 2024Year of death: 2014Extracted: 5 recs
Statutory domestic homicide review under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004. Source: Home Office DHR Library.
The report identifies inconsistent recording and risk assessment of domestic abuse incidents, missed opportunities for inter-agency referrals, and challenges in engaging vulnerable individuals with complex needs. It also notes a lack of clarity regarding "common-law" relationships in domestic abuse policies.
Home Office classifications
43 tags
Source-supplied classifications used by the Home Office to catalogue this review.
Victim - alcohol misuse
Victim - substance misuse
Victim - housing issues
Victim - mental ill health
Victim - anxiety
Victim - depression
Victim - self harm
Victim - suicidal thoughts
Victim - suicide attempts
Victim - had been a victim of an abuser before
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between victims)
Children - under 18 shared parental responsibility (between perpetrators)
Children - subject to child protection or domestic abuse prior to homicide
Perpetrator - case heard in court
Perpetrator - alcohol misuse
Perpetrator - substance misuse
Perpetrator - housing issues
Perpetrator - mental ill health
Perpetrator - anxiety
Perpetrator - depression
Perpetrator - panic attacks
Perpetrator - self harm
Perpetrator - suicidal thoughts
Perpetrator - suicide attempts
Perpetrator - known to agencies as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to police as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to social services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to mental health services as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to others as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Perpetrator - known to family as a domestic abuse perpetrator
Aggravating factors - coercive or controlling behaviour
Aggravating factors - stalking
Aggravating factors - physical stalking
Aggravating factors - psychological or emotional abuse
Aggravating factors - physical abuse
Aggravating factors - economic abuse
DHR process - family contributed to dhr
DHR process - police recommendations
DHR process - social services recommendations
DHR process - health services recommendations
DHR process - identification of risk recommendation themes
DHR process - training recommendation themes
DHR process - multi agency working recommendation themes
Extracted recommendations
5 recommendations pulled from the report · 5 matched to organisations in the index
Thames Valley Police officers and staff to be made aware that common-law in-laws are family members in relation to Domestic Abuse incidents. This should be addressed by including this guidance in the Domestic Abuse Standard Operating Procedure and on the Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment Form (DOM5).
To remind supervisors to ensure that officers and staff use all available information for the Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment and that risk levels have been correctly set.
Officers to be made aware that intelligence reports should not be used for recording Safeguarding issues. This should be recorded via NICHE reports for either Adult Protection or Child Protection.