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CPS data summary Quarter 1 2024-2025 - The Crown Prosecution …
Oct 17, 2024 · About CPS data Introduction All crime, pre-charge and prosecutions Rape flagged Adult rape flagged Domestic abuse flagged Hate crime flagged Casework quality Court Caseloads Regional Data Understanding CPS Data Data spreadsheets About CPS data The CPS does not publish official statistics. CPS data is operational management information, which can be used as an indicator of CPS performance ...
Whistleblowing: Frequently Asked Questions - The Crown …
Aug 12, 2021 · 1. What is Whistleblowing? Whistleblowing is when an employee reports suspected past, present or imminent wrongdoing, or an attempt to conceal wrongdoing. Officially this is called ‘making a disclosure in the public interest’. Whistleblowing is important to safeguard the effective delivery of public services, and to ensure value for money. It serves to protect and reassure the workforce ...
How a criminal case works | The Crown Prosecution Service
If the defendant has been convicted in the Crown Court, a judge in the Court of Appeal has to grant permission to appeal. If the defendant is allowed to appeal, a panel of judges in the Court of Appeal will hear legal arguments and decide whether to uphold or overturn the conviction, order a retrial or change the sentence.
Strangulation and suffocation - The Crown Prosecution Service
Introduction Strangulation or suffocation Case building Offences available to prosecutors and selecting the appropriate charge Acceptability of pleas Extra-territorial jurisdiction Introduction Section 70 Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (DA Act 2021) introduced the offence of strangulation or suffocation. Schedule 2, paragraph 4 DA Act 2021 introduced the offence of …
Homicide: Murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing or …
Oct 15, 2024 · Homicide: Murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult
Terrorism - The Crown Prosecution Service
Section 5 makes it an offence for a person to engage in the preparation of acts of terrorism, or to assist others in preparation of acts of terrorism. This includes attempts. It is an offence which requires proof that an individual had a specific intent to commit an act or acts of terrorism and can encompass a wide range of different levels of criminality, from a minor role in relation to ...
Hate crime - The Crown Prosecution Service
What’s the role of the CPS in prosecuting hate crime? The police investigate and obtain evidence to show a crime has been committed. In hate crime cases this includes gathering evidence that the victim has been targeted because of their race, religion, disability, sexual orientation and/or transgender identity or because of what the offender believes to be their race, religion, disability ...
Sexual offences - The Crown Prosecution Service
There are a range of crimes that can be considered as sexual offences, including non-consensual crimes such as rape or sexual assault, crimes against children including child sexual abuse or grooming, and crimes that exploit others for a sexual purpose, whether in person or online. Crimes can occur ...
Rape and Sexual Offences - The Crown Prosecution Service
May 21, 2021 · Principal Aim of the Youth Justice System Rape and other offences against children under 13 years (sections 5-8 Sexual Offences Act 2003) Child sex offences committed by children or young persons contrary to section 13 Sexual Offences Act 2003 Children exploited in prostitution Familial Sexual Offences Charging non recent sex offences committed whilst suspect was a youth The Allocation ...