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Crown Prosecution Service Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2007 - 2008

Annex G: Glossary

ABM - Area Business Manager

ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers

AGO - Attorney General's Office

ASB - Anti-Social Behaviour

ASBO - Anti-Social Behaviour Order

BCS - British Crime Survey

CCP - Chief Crown Prosecutor

CJS - Criminal Justice System

CMS - Case Management System

Code of Practice for Victims of Crime - See Victims’ Code

Code for Crown Prosecutors - Sets out the principles the CPS applies when carrying out its work

CPS - Crown Prosecution Service

CSR 2007 - Comprehensive Spending Review 2007

DCC - Delivery and Change Committee

DCW - Designated Caseworker

DIP - Drug Interventions Programme

DPP - Director of Public Prosecutions

DV - Domestic Violence

EU - European Union

FIS - Family Impact Statement

FOI - Freedom of Information

FReM - Financial Reporting Manual

GFS - Graduated Fee Scheme

GSI - Government Secure Intranet

HCA - Higher Courts Advocate

HOCS - Home Office Citizenship Survey, now the Citizenship Survey

HQ - Headquarters

IT - Information Technology

LCJB - Local Criminal Justice Board

MOJ - Ministry of Justice

NAO - National Audit Office

NCJB - National Criminal Justice Board

NEDs - Non-Executive Directors

NWNJ - No Witness No Justice

OCJR - Office for Criminal Justice Reform

OGC - Office of Government Commerce

POCA - Proceeds of Crime Act

PPOs - Prolific and Priority Offenders

PSA Target - Public Service Agreement Target

QC - Queen's Counsel

RCPO - Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office

SDVC - Special Domestic Violence Court

SOCA - Serious Organised Crime Agency

SR 2004 - Spending Review 2004

Victims’ Code - Code of Practice for Victims of Crime sets out the services victims can expect to receive from the CJS

WCU - Witness Care Unit

WMS - Witness Management System