What is a Domestic Abuse Related Death Review?
A Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR), (previously known as Domestic Homicide Reviews or DHRs) is carried out where a person has died as a result of abuse, violence or neglect by a relative, intimate partner or member of the same household. Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews were established on a statutory basis under Section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.
DARDRs are carried out by Community Safety Partnerships to ensure that lessons are learnt when a person has died as a result of domestic abuse, either by homicide or suicide. The purpose of a DARDR is to:
- Establish what lessons can be learnt from the homicide regarding the way in which local professionals and organisations work individually and together to safeguard victims
- Identify clearly what those lessons are both within and between agencies, how and within what timescales they will be acted on, and what is expected to change as a result
- Apply those lessons to service responses including changes to policies and procedures as appropriate
- Prevent domestic abuse and domestic homicides and suicides, and improve service responses for all domestic abuse victims and their children through improved intra and inter-agency working
Publication of reviews
The Epsom and Ewell Community Safety Partnership is required to publish a final report following agreement from the Home Office Quality Assurance Panel. These reports appear below having been subject to Home Office review.