Domestic Homicide Oversight Mechanism for Adult Social Care: Summary of findings

Chantler, Khatidja ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9129-2560, Baker, Victoria, Heyes, Kim ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9029-545X and Gunby, Clare ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8428-6621 (2023) Domestic Homicide Oversight Mechanism for Adult Social Care: Summary of findings. In: Domestic Homicide Oversight Mechanism: HALT study briefings. Research Report. Domestic Abuse Commissioner, London.

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Abstract

The intersection between adult safeguarding and domestic abuse is well articulated in policy documents (LGA, 2015), yet simultaneously, there appears to be a gap between policy documents and domestic abuse safeguarding for adults (Mclaughlin et al, 2018; Robbins et al, 2016). The key issue is that those experiencing domestic abuse may not trigger a safeguarding response because they do not meet the eligibility criteria for care and support needs as specified in the Care Act (2014). The purpose of this work is to better understand the types of recommendations made in Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) for Adult Social Care, relating both to intimate partner homicide and adult family homicide, with a particular focus on the over-65s. The study will help to inform the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s Domestic Homicide Oversight Mechanism for Adult Social Care.