Reviewing in a pandemic? A commentary on COVID-19 and domestic homicide review
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research
ISSN: 1759-6599
Article publication date: 17 June 2022
Issue publication date: 29 May 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper is a commentary on COVID-19’s impact on Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs), the system in England and Wales that enables learning from domestic abuse-related deaths.
Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on a practitioner–researcher perspective, this paper reflects on how COVID-19 affected the delivery and experience of DHRs, the place of victims at the heart of this process and what the pandemic’s impact might mean moving forward.
Findings
This paper explicates some of the challenges of undertaking DHRs in a pandemic. Critically, however, it argues that these challenges illuminate broader questions about the practice of DHR.
Originality/value
This paper’s originality comes from the author’s practitioner–researcher perspective and its use of COVID-19 as a lens to consider DHRs.
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Acknowledgements
With thanks to the anonymous reviewers for their comments. This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (grant number: ES/P00072X/1).
Citation
Rowlands, J. (2023), "Reviewing in a pandemic? A commentary on COVID-19 and domestic homicide review", Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research, Vol. 15 No. 3, pp. 201-204. https://doi.org/10.1108/JACPR-02-2022-0693
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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