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 identified challenges in inter-agency information sharing and risk assessment, leading to missed opportunities to intervene in escalating domestic abuse. Barriers to reporting abuse were also noted, stemming from the victim's fe…
AI-generated summary The review identifies concerns regarding the initial investigation of the victim's death, where the perpetrator's account was accepted without sufficient scrutiny. This led to a missed opportunity for a full forensic examination and toxico…
AI-generated summary The review identifies concerns regarding limited agency engagement with the victim during the abusive relationship, particularly police response to a domestic abuse incident. It highlights the interplay of the victim's trauma, mental healt…
AI-generated summary The review identifies systemic issues in identifying and supporting male victims of domestic abuse, including barriers to service access and inconsistent risk assessment. It highlights gaps in multi-agency information sharing and a need fo…
AI-generated summary The review identified missed opportunities by health and probation services to address the perpetrator's substance misuse and associated risks. Concerns include an inadequate police response to the victim's prior stalking report, delayed p…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding agencies' professional curiosity and engagement with victims, inconsistent identification and referral of domestic abuse, including inadequate risk assessments and understanding of coercive control,…
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 identifies systemic failures in recognising the links between domestic abuse, mental health issues, and suicide risk, alongside inadequate multi-agency information sharing and risk assessment practices for the victim and their c…
AI-generated summary The review highlights minimal agency contact, missed opportunities for routine domestic abuse enquiry, and the victim's minimisation of emotional and coercive control. It also notes the impact of social media, service waiting lists, and in…
AI-generated summary The review identified missed opportunities by agencies to identify and address the victim's alcohol misuse, the impact of compulsive behaviours on her capacity, and the escalating risks of domestic abuse, including coercive control and fin…
AI-generated summary The review identified missed opportunities by multiple agencies to recognise the victim's vulnerability to domestic abuse and exploitation, particularly within healthcare and police interactions. There was a lack of consistent routine enqu…
AI-generated summary The review identified an extensive history of domestic abuse by the perpetrator and a lack of holistic understanding and professional curiosity by agencies regarding the victim's complex needs, including past abuse, faith, and cultural exp…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding missed opportunities by healthcare services to routinely screen for domestic abuse, particularly for older female patients. It also highlighted the need for mental health services to enhance staff u…
AI-generated summary The review identifies the victim's vulnerability to exploitation due to loneliness and social isolation, which the perpetrator leveraged for economic abuse. It also highlights missed opportunities by agencies to detect and respond to domes…
AI-generated summary The review identifies systemic failures in professional curiosity, multi-agency information sharing, and the identification of domestic abuse, particularly concerning an older gay male victim experiencing economic abuse and gaslighting. Ag…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding agencies' recognition and investigation of coercive control and stalking, inadequate risk assessment, and barriers to support for the victim, particularly concerning LGBTQ+ identity, mental health, …
AI-generated summary The review highlights systemic failures in identifying and responding to domestic abuse, particularly for male victims, exacerbated by the victim's childhood trauma and adverse experiences. It notes gaps in multi-agency information sharing…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding incomplete risk assessments, insufficient information sharing between agencies (especially with GPs), and a lack of multi-agency risk re-assessment and safety planning when the victim retracted alle…
AI-generated summary The report highlights concerns regarding the impact of complex needs, including substance dependency, mental health issues, and domestic abuse, on the victim's engagement with services. It identifies gaps in multi-agency information sharin…
AI-generated summary The review identified escalating domestic abuse and suicide risk for the victim, alongside concerns regarding police domestic abuse risk assessment processes, a lack of accountability for perpetrators, and challenges in multi-agency respon…
AI-generated summary The review identifies missed opportunities by health services to recognise and respond to domestic abuse, including coercive control, and to make appropriate safeguarding referrals. Concerns were also raised regarding inter-agency informat…
AI-generated summary The report identifies concerns regarding inconsistent multi-agency information sharing, particularly about the victim's relationship status and engagement with services. It highlights missed opportunities to safeguard the victim and her ch…
AI-generated summary The review highlights barriers for migrant victims of domestic abuse, including fear of immigration enforcement and social care involvement, limited awareness of UK services, and inconsistent implementation of routine enquiry in healthcare…
AI-generated summary The review identifies concerns regarding multi-agency responses to domestic abuse, coercive control, and the victim's substance misuse, which was exacerbated by the perpetrator. Key issues include a lack of professional curiosity, inconsis…
AI-generated summary The review identifies missed opportunities by health professionals to identify domestic abuse, particularly concerning the victim's anxiety and fertility treatment, and highlights cultural barriers to disclosure for South Asian women. It a…
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These are statutory reviews under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.