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Frank Mullane is the CEO of Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) He helped ensure Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) became law and continues to work closely with the Home Oice to enhance the methodology. Frank is a Home Oice appointed reader (provides assessments of DHRs to the panel) as well as a Home Oice accredited Chair for DHRs and trains others to undertake them. He co-authored a book “Domestic Abuse, Homicide and Gender: strategies for policy and practice”and has contributed to other books. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Gloucestershire (outstanding work on domestic violence and homicide). Frank’s sister Julia and nephew William Pemberton were murdered in 2003. 2018 is the Year For Making The Invisible Visible
<strong>CCChat</strong> talks to: Frank Mullane CEO, AAFDA “What needs to happen is that the status of victims and the families left behind after homicide needs to be raised” Frank Mullane Q: In your time working with families bereaved through homicide, what would you say has been the most profound change? The introduction of victim impact statements was useful. We have also seen the appointment of a chief coroner, statutory domestic homicide reviews, the Crown Prosecution Service engaging with victim’s families, and the appointment of a victims’ commissioner nationally and for London. Of these, the most profound has been domestic homicide reviews although they have a long way to go before looking like the reviews I want them to be. But the most profound feeling is that there hasn’t been enough change! In cases of domestic homicide, victim’s families sufer a similar lack of status and power to the victims themselves, and institutions often consider their perspective and agenda to be superior or more well-informed than the victim’s. So despite signiicant improvements in the last few years to the way victims’ families are treated after homicide, and the sensitive and caring attitude of many professionals who treat them with the respect and inclusiveness they deserve, their needs are still not intrinsically a part of many criminal justice and other state processes. And the outcome for many victims and families is a status gap between them and those employed to carry out these processes. As Professor Armour said “violent death is considered a public issue where the need for justice takes precedence over the needs of homicide families.” (Armour 2002) Q: What do you think still needs to be done and how might that be achieved? Not all agencies commissioning services understand what families’ needs are after domestic homicide. Families consistently say that they need to know facts of the case and to witness and/or be a part of change. They need proper advocacy for this but this is rarely recognised. This does not have to be a lawyer. Lay advocates who are expert and specialist can do this. This is what we do in AAFDA and we have walked in similar shoes to the people we are helping. What needs to happen is that the status of victims and the families left behind after homicide needs to be raised. They need to be treated as important and key stakeholders and to be treated as such. But the reality is that they are often not treated this way. Without specialist and expert advocacy the families will not get appropriate status. For example, in domestic homicide reviews, families are 2018 is the Year For Making The Invisible Visible
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