Domestic Homicide Reviews

Since April 2011 there is a statutory requirement for local areas to conduct a Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) following a domestic homicide that meets the criteria. These are conducted by local Community Safety Partnerships in Hampshire.

A DHR is a multi-agency review of the circumstances into the death of a person aged 16 or over which has resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by a person:

• to whom they were related
• with whom they had been in an intimate personal relationship,
• who is a member of the same household

DHRs aim to ensure that public bodies like social services, councils, police and other community-based organisations understand what led to someone’s death. These reviews consider what happened and what could have been done differently, especially regarding multi-agency working. Actions to improve responses to future domestic violence situations are identified.

Published Hampshire Domestic Homicide Reviews

• Havant - Case of Barbara C - November 2015

Learning

Key findings from analysis of Domestic Homicide Reviews (Home Office) December 2016

Search the Domestic Homicide Review Library created by the Home Office