cff-version: 1.2.0
message: "If you use this dataset, please cite it using the metadata below."
type: dataset

title: "The Domestic Homicide Review Dataset (DHRD) for England and Wales."
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: "2026-07-01"

authors:
  - family-names: "Cook"
    given-names: "Darren"
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-0281"
  
  - family-names: "Cook"
    given-names: "Elizabeth A."
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7608-8702"

abstract: >
  This dataset contains structured data derived from publicly available Home Office metadata 
  associated with Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) reports in England and Wales. It includes 
  linked document-level, incident-level, victim-level, and perpetrator-level records. The 
  dataset is intended to support research on domestic homicide, victimisation, perpetration, 
  vulnerability, mental health, and related criminological and social policy topics.


keywords:
  - Domestic Homicide Review
  - domestic homicide
  - England and Wales
  - criminology
  - victimisation
  - mental health
  - vulnerability
  - open data

license: "CC-BY-4.0"

repository-code: "https://github.com/cookie1986/dhr-information-extraction"