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 a lack of holistic understanding and interagency information sharing regarding the victim's alcohol and mental health issues in the context of domestic abuse. Agencies often failed to recognise the full extent of coer…
AI-generated summary The review identified missed opportunities by agencies to identify domestic abuse indicators in health settings, engage individuals in substance misuse treatment, and effectively manage a high-risk perpetrator. It highlighted the victim's …
AI-generated summary The report identifies fragmented care, inadequate risk assessment and management of adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse (APVA), and a failure to recognize the victim's vulnerability and emerging psychosis in the perpetrator. There was …
AI-generated summary The review identified a lack of professional curiosity and inter-agency information sharing, leading to missed opportunities to recognise escalating domestic abuse, coercive control, and stalking. Support for child victims was also delayed.
AI-generated summary Agencies missed opportunities to identify and respond to familial domestic abuse, compounded by ineffective information sharing, unconscious bias, and challenges in engaging with the victim and perpetrator. Delays in welfare checks and the…
AI-generated summary This DHR identifies systemic failures in identifying the true level of risk posed by the perpetrator's long-term, controlling, and coercive domestic abuse. Agencies missed opportunities to intervene effectively, partly due to the victim's …
AI-generated summary The report identifies challenges in engaging with specific communities regarding communication, police relations, and access to support services. It also raises concerns about the lack of information sharing on serious international crimin…
AI-generated summary The review highlights systemic failures in identifying domestic abuse, particularly economic abuse and problematic alcohol use, and significant barriers to help-seeking for victims, especially within migrant communities. It also notes miss…
AI-generated summary The review identifies the victim's vulnerability, social anxiety, and communication difficulties, which contributed to her susceptibility to grooming and controlling behaviour. Agencies missed opportunities for timely MARAC referrals, evid…
AI-generated summary The review highlights the complexities of managing individuals with multiple complex needs, where the cumulative impact of agency actions, even if individually appropriate, can increase the victim's vulnerability and isolation, potentially…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic issues including the inefficiency and inadequacy of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) process, omissions in inter-agency linking, and a need for improved offender management and criminal jus…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures across multiple agencies to recognise and respond to the victim's significant vulnerability, including self-neglect and potential domestic abuse. There was a lack of proactive multi-agency risk asses…
AI-generated summary The review identifies concerns regarding the mental health care and risk management of the perpetrator, particularly in relation to family safety, inter-agency information sharing, and discharge planning from inpatient services. It also hi…
AI-generated summary The report identifies concerns regarding inadequate multi-agency information sharing, particularly around safeguarding alerts and financial abuse. It highlights issues with deteriorating living conditions, missed hospital appointments, and…
AI-generated summary Key concerns include the Royal Mail's mail redirection process not adequately considering victim safety, a lack of awareness among employers and the public about domestic abuse support services, and specific challenges faced by non-UK nati…
AI-generated summary Agencies primarily focused on the perpetrator's self-harm risk, potentially overlooking indicators of risk to others and failing to adequately explore concerning statements. The review identified missed opportunities for routine domestic a…
AI-generated summary The review identified concerns regarding multi-agency communication, information sharing, and risk assessment practices, particularly concerning the perpetrator's mental health and its impact on the victim and family. There were also issue…
AI-generated summary The review identifies missed opportunities for agency intervention, particularly regarding interpreter services and follow-up for victims from diverse communities. It highlights the impact of coercive control, financial abuse, and alcohol …
AI-generated summary The review highlights critical failures in providing independent communication for the victim due to language barriers and unassessed mental capacity. It also identifies missed opportunities to assess the perpetrator's mental health and he…
AI-generated summary The review identified systemic failures across multiple agencies to recognise domestic violence, adult and child safeguarding concerns, and the link with mental health issues. There was a lack of coordinated response, poor information shar…
AI-generated summary The review highlights gaps in culturally specific support for Eastern European women, challenges in identifying and responding to stalking and tech abuse, and failures in information sharing between national and local agencies regarding su…
AI-generated summary The review highlights systemic failures by agencies to adequately assess and respond to domestic abuse risks, particularly for a victim with precarious immigration status and financial dependence. Key concerns include inadequate inter-agen…
AI-generated summary The review found no prior warning signs or agency contact regarding abuse of the victim by the perpetrator. It highlights challenges in identifying domestic abuse in older victims, especially from adult children, and the importance of prof…
AI-generated summary The review identifies long-term domestic abuse, including emotional and economic control, as a significant factor in the victim's suicide. Agencies missed opportunities to identify the victim as a domestic abuse victim and carer, provide a…
AI-generated summary The review highlights systemic failures in recognising and responding to the victim's long history of domestic abuse, coercive control, and stalking, exacerbated by substance misuse and mental ill-health. Concerns include inconsistent risk…
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These are statutory reviews under section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.