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 Oxfordshire
Published: March 2024
Year of death: 2014
Extracted: 5 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 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.
Extracted recommendations
| # | Recommendation | Addressed to |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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). | Thames Valley Police |
| 2 | 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. | Thames Valley Police |
| 3 | To share this case study with DAIU training courses and for PVP Referral Centre and MASH Detective Inspectors to discuss with Risk Assessors. | Thames Valley Police |
| 4 | 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. | Thames Valley Police |
| 5 | All Local Policing Areas should introduce an initiative to tackle repeat Domestic Abuse victimisation on a multiagency basis. | Thames Valley Police |
| Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗ | ||