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2 days ago · The reverse is true for the other types of victim: for intimate partner victims 78% (of 45) victims had experienced aggravating factors and this was higher for victim who died by suicide where ...
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- Domestic homicides and suspected victim suicides during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021
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Contains the 12 month data for 2020 - 2021, findings and recommendations for policing in relation to homicide and suicide following domestic abuse.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges for all agencies trying to protect vulnerable people. In March 2020 there was widespread concern about the safety of vulnerable people potentially isolating with abusers. Victims faced lockdown measures which restricted support from family, friends, employers, and agencies.
In 2020 the Domestic Homicides Project was established by police and government in England and Wales to collect, review, and share quick-time learning from all police-recorded domestic homicides and also from suspected suicides of individuals with a history of domestic abuse victimisation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions.
Responding to concerns about rising domestic homicide rates from the domestic abuse sector, the project aimed to establish the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on domestic homicides and learn lessons from every tragic death to seek to prevent future deaths.
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Published 25 August 2021
Apr 12, 2023 · Across all the reviews there have been 127 victims (of which 14 were, or appeared to be, victims of domestic abuse who died by suicide). The age of victims was from under 18 to 94 (the average...
May 5, 2021 · We will publish our first-year end - March 2021 homicide figures from Police Recorded Crime data in July as part of the year ending March 2021 crime quarterly report. This data is based on...
Aug 25, 2021 · The ‘Domestic Homicides and Victim Suicides During COVID-19 Pandemic’ report is the first to be produced by the groundbreaking domestic homicide project, established by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, working with the national policing vulnerability knowledge and practice programme (VKPP).
Mar 13, 2024 · Four in five perpetrators were known to police before the homicide occurred, three in five for domestic abuse, and over a third were known to other agencies, demonstrating the need for a multi-agency approach to effectively safeguard victims.
The project continues to gather cases of domestic homicides and suspected victim suicides from all English and Welsh forces, with funding from the Home Office extended into 2022. A webinar (open to all) is being planned for September to share findings.
