Find recommendations from statutory reviews of domestic homicides, published in the Home Office DHR Library. Victim and perpetrator names are never displayed on this page.
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AI-generated summary The review highlights missed opportunities by agencies to identify and intervene in domestic abuse due to a lack of routine enquiry and professional curiosity. Barriers to disclosure included the perpetrator's coercive control, the victim'…
AI-generated summary The review highlights concerns regarding the unrecognised high risk posed by the perpetrator, the lack of cumulative assessment of safeguarding concerns for the victim, and insufficient multi-agency coordination and information sharing. It…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding agencies' assessment of the perpetrator's mental health and alcohol misuse, insufficient professional curiosity about domestic abuse with the victim, and inadequate information sharing, particularly…
AI-generated summary The review highlights significant concerns regarding inter-agency information sharing, missed opportunities for multi-agency risk assessment (MARAC), and inadequate responses to the victim's vulnerability and the perpetrator's substance ab…
AI-generated summary The review highlights fragmented referral pathways for domestic abuse victims, the invisibility of fathers in service engagement, and a need for enhanced professional curiosity and training across agencies, particularly in healthcare and h…
AI-generated summary The review highlights agencies' limited understanding and identification of economic and child-to-parent abuse, leading to missed opportunities for intervention and referrals. Inconsistencies in probation management and an underestimation …
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures in multi-agency risk assessment and information sharing regarding domestic abuse, mental health, and offender management. Key concerns include missed opportunities for routine enquiry in health setti…
AI-generated summary The report highlights gaps in public and professional understanding of coercive control and stalking, limitations of risk-led approaches for victims not identifying as abused, and issues with repeat offender management and probation record…
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These are statutory reviews under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.