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 the victim's consistent refusal of care and support, alongside the perpetrator's escalating stress and mental health challenges as a carer. Agencies missed opportunities to identify and address the perpetrator's distr…
AI-generated summary The report identifies significant failings in police firearms licensing decisions, including inadequate risk assessment and missed opportunities to revoke the perpetrator's certificate. It highlights the impact of domestic abuse and contro…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures in inter-agency information sharing and risk assessment, particularly concerning escalating domestic abuse and stalking. There was a consistent failure to recognise and safeguard children as direct v…
AI-generated summary The report identifies systemic failures in recognising familial domestic abuse, often obscured by mental illness and substance misuse. It highlights inadequate risk assessments for older victims and carers, and a lack of coordinated multi-…
AI-generated summary Agencies missed opportunities to identify and assess domestic abuse risks for the victim and perpetrator, particularly concerning male victims and older individuals. There were inconsistencies in information sharing, internal processes, an…
AI-generated summary The review highlights missed opportunities by agencies to conduct comprehensive risk assessments, particularly regarding the perpetrator's controlling behaviour and the victim's vulnerability. Insufficient information sharing and contextua…
AI-generated summary The report identifies concerns regarding the sporadic use of routine domestic abuse enquiry in health settings, the invisibility and differing needs of older victims of domestic abuse (particularly from adult family members), and the compo…
AI-generated summary The review highlights systemic failures in healthcare agencies to use independent interpreters and assess mental capacity for a vulnerable patient with dementia and language barriers. It also identifies missed opportunities to identify the…
AI-generated summary The report highlights that agencies had no prior knowledge of the victim's abuse by the perpetrator, as crucial information was held by family and community members but not reported. This was due to factors including cultural norms, a lack…
AI-generated summary The report highlights a lack of routine enquiry about domestic abuse by GPs, fragmented information sharing between agencies due to separate GP registrations and limited communication from the drug and alcohol service, and the need for gre…
AI-generated summary The review identified missed opportunities for health professionals to routinely enquire about domestic abuse during the victim's pregnancies. It also highlighted a general lack of understanding among family, friends, and colleagues regard…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic issues in understanding and responding to the breadth of domestic abuse, coercive control, and stalking, alongside inconsistent risk assessments and information sharing regarding perpetrator history. Challeng…
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…
AI-generated summary The review identified missed opportunities for carer's assessments under the Care Act 2014, a lack of comprehensive patient information available to out-of-hours medical services, and a failure by police to display professional curiosity a…
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These are statutory reviews under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.