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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Sheffield review

CSP: Sheffield Published: November 2024 Year of death: 2022 Extracted: 10 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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Summary

The review identified systemic failures by multiple agencies to recognise the victim's long-term entrapment in a coercively controlling relationship, leading to fragmented responses, inadequate risk assessments, and ineffective perpetrator management.

Extracted recommendations

10 recommendations pulled from the report

#	Recommendation	Addressed to
1	The Sheffield Domestic Abuse Coordination Team (DACT) and IDAS should use evidence from this DHR to review the content of local training and domestic abuse assessment practice and align this with the proposed introduction of the DARA risk assessment by SYP.	Sheffield Domestic Abuse Coordination Team (DACT) \| IDAS
10	The South Yorkshire Police to review the mechanisms for the management of potentially dangerous domestic abuse and stalking perpetrators who do not have a recent repeat offence history that comes within the scope of MATAC and the local intensive intervention strategy.	The South Yorkshire Police
2	The Sheffield Domestic Abuse Coordination Team (DACT) should ensure that a review of MARAC and its linkage with existing complex case management and other safeguarding processes are completed with recommendations made to the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategic and Local Partnership Board.	Sheffield Domestic Abuse Coordination Team (DACT)
3	The Sheffield Domestic Abuse Coordination Team convene a multi-agency task and finish group to coordinate and develop the city’s perpetrator strategy.	Sheffield Domestic Abuse Coordination Team
4	The SYISC should develop proposals for responding to the learning from this DHR and in particular how information about MARAC and other domestic abuse risk discussions are linked with GP practices.	NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (SYISC)
5	IDAS should IDAS should monitor and evaluate how the revised engagement strategies and risk assessments and the allocation of long-term IDVAs from the first point of contact for victims with multiple adversities and risks are working.	IDAS
6	SHSC should respond to the learning from the DHR, about how individuals with dual diagnosis access appropriate services to address co-existing needs. There is ongoing work involving people who have substance misuse issues and mental health problems to ensure they can access appropriate services at the right time to ensure consistency across the organisation.	Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
7	SCC’s Information Officer is reviewing the privacy notice for applicants approaching SCC as homeless, to review if relevant information can be shared with Housing Staff if that applicant subsequently signs for an SCC tenancy	Sheffield City Council
8	Practice Development coordinators will provide training to housing staff to educate them on what MARAC is / and the importance of undertaking actions identified/notebook outcomes.	Sheffield Housing and Neighbourhood Services
9	The probation service should respond to the learning from the DHR about assessment and response to coercive and controlling perpetrator offending and use of the law. This should also include how the accommodation needs of the perpetrator are checked as part of any pre-conviction measures including court-imposed bail conditions and following a conviction; using conditions in community orders to access and direct to perpetrator programmes and accessing appropriate health care.	The Probation Service
Recommendations extracted from the published report. Source: Home Office DHR Library. View full report ↗