DAHA Training Acronyms Glossary
ASB – Anti-Social Behaviour
BAME – Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic
- This is an acronym that we avoid as it is widely recognised as being reductionist and excludes large numbers of people, making them less visible. We will endeavour to refer to specific racialised identities, where possible, to make the data more meaningful and the support services, barriers and needs more specific to the individual. Read more on this here
CCR – Coordinated Community Response
- Standing Together pioneered the Coordinated Community Response in Hammersmith in 1996. A CCR brings services together to ensure local systems truly keep survivors safe, hold abusers to account and prevent domestic abuse. Housing plays a key role within the CCR.
DA – Domestic Abuse
- We say Domestic Abuse rather than Domestic Violence as the stereotype of physical abuse is still persistent. This is unhelpful when thinking about and responding to risk as we need to identify patterns, not incidents.
DAHA – Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance
- The Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance’s (DAHA) mission is to improve the housing sector’s response to domestic abuse through the introduction and adoption of an established set of standards and an accreditation process, training and membership model.
DAPP – Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme
- Programmes for people using harm in their relationships. These can be ordered in court or requested by other professionals or the person causing the harm can self-refer
DASH RIC – Domestic Abuse, Stalking and ‘Honour’ based Violence Risk Indicator Checklist
- 24-question checklist to assist practitioners in identifying high-risk cases of domestic abuse, stalking and ‘honour’ based violence
DARA – Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment
- Tool used by some police forces to risk assess victim/survivors of domestic abuse
DHR – Domestic Homicide Review
- A multi-agency review is carried out by local authorities when the circumstances of an individual's death raise specific concerns. The reviews investigate the circumstances leading up to the individual's death, examine the interaction the individual had with services and agencies before their death, and put forward learning and recommendations. Domestic Homicide Reviews also have the potential to inform safeguarding policies and procedures. The aim is to ensure that mistakes are not repeated, and lessons are learnt.
FGM – Female Genital Mutilation
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) comprises all procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
HBV – Honor Based Violence
- Honour-based abuse (HBA) can be described as a collection of practices which are used to control behaviour within families or other social groups to protect perceived cultural and religious beliefs and/or honour.
IPV – Intimate Partner Violence
MARAC – Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference
- A process where information is shared on the highest risk domestic abuse cases between representatives of local police, health, child protection, housing practitioners, Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs), probation and other specialists from the statutory and voluntary sectors.
MAPPA – Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements
- Set of statutory arrangements to assess and manage the risk posed by certain violent offenders
MASH - Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs
- A process to safeguard children and young people
MATAC - Multi-Agency Tasking and Coordination protocol
- The objective is to safeguard adults and children at risk of domestic abuse. Professionals discuss reducing perpetrators' offending.
NRPF – No Recourse to Public Funds
- Due to immigration status, an individual may not have access to claim most benefits, tax credits or housing assistance. Read more about support for survivors who have NRPF here