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 Concerns include the recognition and response to coercive control, its impact on the victim's mental health and suicidal ideation, and the effectiveness of multi-agency support for victims with complex needs, especially regarding relocatio…
AI-generated summary The report identifies systemic missed opportunities across agencies, especially healthcare, to identify domestic abuse, assess risk, and share information. It highlights inadequate perpetrator risk management and a need for improved profes…
AI-generated summary The report identifies a failure in agencies to holistically assess the perpetrator's risk across multiple incidents and complex relationships, compounded by victims' reluctance to cooperate. It highlights the absence of a multi-agency foru…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding the absence of formal carer assessments for the victim and perpetrator, and inconsistent information sharing about the perpetrator's mental health history across health services. It also highlighted…
AI-generated summary The report identifies missed opportunities by agencies to assess and respond to domestic abuse disclosures, particularly regarding risk at separation and the significance of specific injuries. It highlights gaps in inter-agency information…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures in the management of severe and enduring mental health conditions for both the victim and the perpetrator, including non-adherence to clinical guidelines, missed opportunities for specialist engageme…
AI-generated summary The review identifies missed opportunities by agencies to recognise and respond to adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse (APVA) and the perpetrator's deteriorating mental health. Barriers to the family disclosing the full extent of abuse…
AI-generated summary Multiple agencies missed opportunities to identify and respond to domestic abuse, including failures in risk assessment, separate interviewing of parties, and information sharing regarding the perpetrator's history. There was also insuffic…
AI-generated summary Key concerns include inadequate multi-agency response to domestic abuse, poor information sharing, insufficient consideration of the victim's and perpetrator's complex needs (mental health, substance misuse, self-neglect), and difficulties…
AI-generated summary The review identified failures in agencies' recognition and thorough exploration of honour-based violence indicators, incomplete information sharing, and missed opportunities for full disclosure from the victim. Gaps in policy adherence an…
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These are statutory reviews under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.