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<p>In the 2022 Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan the government outlined a package of measures
to reduce domestic homicides and reform the Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) process.</p><p>DHRs
are reviews into deaths related to domestic abuse which seek to identify what lessons
can be learnt and implemented to prevent future deaths.</p><p>In June 2023, we launched
the online DHR Library to help ensure police and partners have easy access to material
to learn from previous homicides and prevent future deaths linked to domestic abuse.</p><p>The
implementation of reforms to DHRs will improve our understanding and drive down the
frequency of domestic homicides.</p><p>The Home Office also funds the collection of
data on deaths related to domestic abuse through the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s
Domestic Homicide Project. The project brings together data and information on prior
agency knowledge of victims and risk factors to improve the evidence base and subsequent
policy responses for preventing domestic homicides.</p><p>To gain protection from
domestic abuse a protective order can be applied for. Police can apply for a Domestic
Violence Protection Order, victims can apply for a Non-Molestation Order and criminal
courts can impose a Restraining Order on acquittal or conviction of a criminal offence.
The introduction of the new Domestic Abuse Protection Notice and Order, will help
simplify and strengthen the protection for victims avaliable, introducing new features
like mandatory notification requirements and electronic monitoring (“tagging”). The
new order will be piloted in Greater Manchester, the London Boroughs of Croydon, Sutton,
and Bromley, and with the British Transport Police.</p>
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