Domestic Abuse JSNA

Evidence base

This section provides links and a brief summary of a robust evidence base. For example, peer-reviewd studies, systematic revies, evaluations of interventions and best practice guidelines from national sources.

1	Source	Robinson, A. L., & Davies, B.
	Title incl. web link	‘Specialist policing units as a pathway towards procedural justice for domestic abuse victims.’
	Summary	This study highlights how victims with complex needs often face significant barriers to accessing support. It evaluates specialist policing units in Wales and finds that dedicated, victim-led services with multi-agency collaboration improve outcomes for victims, particularly those who are reluctant to engage due to complex circumstances
	Source	Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse
	Title incl. web link	‘In Search of Excellence. A refreshed guide to effective domestic abuse partnership work – The Coordinated Community Response (CCR)’ https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ee0be2588f1e349401c832c/t/5fd78eaf72a0a65a94da967e/1607962290051/In+Search+of+Excellence+2020.pdf
	Summary	Every agency who has a responsibility for dealing with survivors, their children and/or perpetrators, must work effectively within their own agency and with all other agencies who also have that responsibility, to secure the safety of the survivor and their children and hold perpetrators to account. The process by which this work is integrated and managed is known as the CCR.
2	Source	Domestic Abuse Commissioner
	Title incl. web link	‘Victims in their own right? Babies, children and young people’s experience of domestic abuse’ https://domesticabusecommissioner.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/dac_bcyp_main-report_V6-DIGITAL.pdf
	Summary	Victims in their own right?’ examines the current response to children and young people who experience domestic abuse at home or in their family across both the statutory and non-statutory response.
	Source	Mayor of London Violence Reduction Unit
	Title incl. web link	‘Comprehensive needs assessment of Child/Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse in London’ https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/comprehensive_needs_assessment_of_child-adolescent_to_parent_violence_and_abuse_in_london.pdf
	Summary	The comprehensive needs assessment was commissioned to explore the scale and nature of CAPVA in London, to ensure services and support for children, young people and families is grounded in evidence. The research findings will inform a public health approach to violence prevention and reduction.
3	Source	Hilder, S., & Freeman, C.
	Title incl. web link	‘Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A UK Perspective. In Domestic Violence and Abuse: Contemporary Issues and Innovations.’
	Summary	This chapter explores the evolution of perpetrator intervention programmes in the UK, identifying challenges in holding perpetrators accountable and ensuring programme effectiveness. It stresses the need for evidence-based, coordinated approaches to reduce reoffending
	Source	Jane Monkton Smith
	Title incl. web link	‘The Homicide Timeline’ What is the Homicide Timeline \| Homicide Timeline
	Summary	The Homicide Timeline™ is a new framework for tracking homicide risk in cases of coercive control and stalking. This eight stage sequence is based on research which looked at over 400 cases of intimate partner homicide to identify a common behavioural pattern that can be used in a practical way by professionals to assess threat and risk.