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 identifies systemic failures in direct engagement with the victim, a lack of professional curiosity, and inadequate "Think Family" approaches by services. It highlights insufficient recognition and risk assessment of adult famil…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures in recognising the victim's vulnerability and the perpetrator's escalating risk, including inadequate multi-agency information sharing, insufficient professional curiosity, and a lack of recognition …
AI-generated summary Key concerns include the lack of routine domestic abuse enquiry by healthcare, barriers for gay male victims in disclosing abuse, and the need for improved training and policy for health and counselling services on abuse recognition and it…
AI-generated summary Key concerns include limited opportunities for the victim to speak alone, a lack of routine domestic abuse enquiry, and unaddressed carer fatigue. Mentions of assisted suicide were not consistently identified as suicide risk, impacting mul…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures in identifying and responding to coercive control and economic abuse by the perpetrator, particularly while in prison and upon release. Key concerns include inadequate recording of third-party domest…
AI-generated summary The review identifies systemic failures in hearing the victim's voice, a lack of a "Think Family" approach, and insufficient professional curiosity by services. It highlights inadequate recognition and risk assessment of adult family domes…
AI-generated summary The review highlights a perpetrator's extensive history of violent and coercive control across multiple relationships, alongside systemic failures in inter-agency information sharing, risk assessment, and professional curiosity, which coll…
AI-generated summary The review identifies missed opportunities by health and social care agencies to identify and respond to the victim's coercive control and financial abuse, exacerbated by her Huntington's Disease and isolation. Key concerns include inadequ…
AI-generated summary The report identifies concerns regarding agencies' recognition and assessment of domestic abuse, particularly psychological and coercive control, and its impact on the victim's mental health. Gaps in inter-agency communication, risk escala…
AI-generated summary The review highlights concerns regarding the perpetrator's deceit and controlling behaviour, potentially exacerbated by cultural expectations around male entitlement and the victim's inability to have children. It also identifies challenge…
AI-generated summary The report identifies systemic failures in health agencies to identify domestic abuse due to insufficient training, inadequate policies, and the perpetrator's presence during consultations. It also highlights inadequate information sharing…
AI-generated summary The review highlights concerns regarding the perpetrator's escalating jealousy, controlling behaviour, and stalking, which led to the victim's isolation and physical abuse. It also identifies barriers to the victim seeking help and the nee…
AI-generated summary The review highlights significant gaps in inter-agency information sharing, particularly between police/MARAC and health services, impacting risk assessment and coordinated support for the victim. Challenges in victim engagement due to co-…
AI-generated summary This DHR highlights concerns about limited agency engagement with the victim and missed opportunities to identify the perpetrator's history of domestic abuse and firearm access. It also notes challenges in GP cooperation with DHRs and the …
AI-generated summary The review identifies systemic failures across multiple agencies to protect the victim from a serial domestic abuser, including inadequate information sharing, underestimation of risk, and challenges in victim engagement, despite various s…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures in recognising and assessing the perpetrator's declining cognitive health and carer stress. There was a lack of coordinated, holistic care for the victim's complex physical and emotional needs, inclu…
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These are statutory reviews under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.