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Considering the potential and perils of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuse-related 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.
List of contents
Introduction
1: The Potential and Peril of Reviewing Domestic Abuse-Related Deaths
2: Researching Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews
3: Establishing Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews: Becoming Available for Use
4: Shared or Disparate Vision(s): What Are Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews For?
5: Practices of Review Part 1: Who and What Is Used by and in Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews?
6: Practices of Review Part 2: Can Dialogic Democracy be Achieved in Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews?
7: Maintaining the Status Quo or Delivering Change: How are Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews Used?
8: What Next?
Conclusion
About the author
James Rowlands is Assistant Professor in Sociology at Durham University. His research focuses on domestic abuse, specifically domestic homicide and domestic abuse-related deaths by suicide, as well as fatality review systems and femicide. James has also worked as an independent chair of DARDRs in England and Wales.
Summary
Considering the potential and perils of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuse-related 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.
