Adding insult to injury? The Criminal Law’s response to domestic abuse-related suicide in England and Wales

Despite evidence suggesting a significant relationship between domestic abuse and suicidality, and notwithstanding the fact that domestic homicides perpetrated by abusive partners are an ongoing priority and source of concern to the criminal justice system, the issue of domestic abuse-related suicide has received strikingly little attention from the state, either in procedures developed for risk assessing and safeguarding victims, in laws designed to protect victims and punish perpetrators, or in Violence Against Women and Girls strategies