Domestic Homicide Review Chair
Whether you are a victim of domestic abuse or a professional working in the sector, we have information, resources and tools to help you.
Clare is AAFDA trained Domestic Homicide Review Chair as well as a member of the AAFDA DHR Network.
What is a Domestic Homicide Review?
This is to review circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by: a person to whom they were related, or had been in an intimate personal relationship with, or a member of the same household.
What is the role of a Chair?
Families bereaved by a domestic homicide or by a suicide where domestic abuse was involved will have a wide range of support needs. DHR chairs have an important role to play in ensuring that families have a voice, and are signposted and referred to appropriate support services.
These families are entitled to specialist and expert advocacy with DHRs as per Section 6 of the multi-agency statutory guidance for the conduct of Domestic Homicide Reviews. DHR chairs should provide information on the organisations that provide this service and the family should be given time to make their choice of advocate.
Who Makes The Decision To Have A Review?
This is a multi-agency decision which is trigged by the Police when a murder has taken place and being investigated. The decision is agreed within the Community Safety Partnership’s which sit within every Local Authority. Once a decision to hold a Domestic Homicide Review is made, email alerts are sent out through various networks requesting Expressions of Interest from registered Chair’s.