What is a Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR)?
A DARDR (previously known as a Domestic Homicide Review or DHR) is a multi-agency review of the circumstances in which the death of a person aged 16 or over has, or appears to have, resulted from violence, abuse or neglect by either:
- a person to whom she/he was related or with whom she/he was or had been in a an intimate personal relationship
- a member of the same household as her/himself.
They are held to identify lessons to be learnt from the death.
DARDRs can also be held where a person took their own life (suicide) and the circumstances give rise to concern. For example, it emerges that there was coercive controlling behaviour in the relationship.
