Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths

<p>Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths this book examines what DARDRs – first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) – are understood as being for what is used by and in DARDRs and how DARDRs are themselves used.</p><p>Drawing on rich empirical data this text combines information gathered from published DARDRs as well as from the experiences of stakeholders including representatives from organisations who had contact with a victim and those who knew them personally. This analysis is further underpinned by the author’s distinct perspective as a practitioner which includes having led DARDRs as an independent chair. Setting out an approach that frames the review of domestic abuse-related deaths as a means of achieving justice the book addresses best practice in making sense of domestic abuse-related deaths the efforts to drive practice policy and systems change and the memorialisation of victims with a view to improving responses to domestic abuse for all victims survivors and perhaps to prevent future deaths.</p><p><em>The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse- Related Deaths </em>will be of great interest to students and scholars of criminology social work and sociology as a way of understanding the policy and practice of trying to make sense of and respond to domestic abuse-related deaths.</p>