Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (previously known as Domestic Homicide Reviews or DHRs)
What is a Domestic Abuse Related Death Review?
A Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR) 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 (DARDR) (previously known as Domestic Homicide Reviews or DHRs) were established on a statutory basis under Section 9 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act (2004) (opens new window).
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 learned 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 Safer Guildford Partnership is required to publish a final, anonymised set of recommendations, overview report, executive summary following agreement from the Home Office Quality Assurance Panel. Where relevant, these can be found below along with the letter from the Home Office.