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Female Genital Mutilation

Updated: 30 July 2024; 16 August 2023

Prosecution Guidance Sexual offences Violent crime Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

'Honour'-Based Abuse and Forced Marriage: Guidance on Identifying and Flagging cases

Revised: Sep 2019; 26 Feb 2026

The definition of forced marriage to be used will be in line with the offence under section 121 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Prosecution Guidance Domestic abuse Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Child Sexual Abuse: Guidelines on Prosecuting Cases of Child Sexual Abuse

Issued 17 Oct 2013, revised 26 Jul 2017, updated 22 Nov 2018, 11 Jan 2023, 14 Jan 2026

Prosecution Guidance Sexual offences Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Perverting the Course of Justice and Wasting Police Time in Cases involving Allegedly False Allegations of Rape and / or Domestic Abuse

Reviewed and updated April 2023

Prosecution Guidance Sexual offences Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Prostitution and Exploitation of Prostitution

Revised: 04 January 2019; 25 April 2024

Prosecution Guidance Sexual offences Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Violence against Women and Girls Guidance

Updated: 28 November 2019

The CPS has published a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy for 2017-2020 providing a framework outlining the approach taken to these crimes.

Prosecution Guidance Domestic abuse Sexual offences Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Psychological Evidence Toolkit - A guide for Crown Prosecutors

Guidance reviewed 11/09/2019

Prosecution Guidance Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Sex Dolls - Childlike

Updated: 31 May 2022 and 09 September 2022

This Legal Guidance is intended to assist when prosecutors are asked to advise on allegations that an offence has been committed involving a doll with childlike characteristics which is capable of being used for sexual purposes. It relates to possible offences of importing a childlike sex doll, distributing or selling it (or having it with intent to do so), or sending it by post. There is no offence of simple possession of a childlike sex doll.

Prosecution Guidance Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

'Honour'-Based abuse, Forced Marriage, and harmful practices

Updated: 2 Mar 2023; minor revision 5 Jan 2024; Revised 26 Feb 2026

This legal guidance sets out how prosecutors should apply the Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) when considering any offences which fall within the definition of 'Honour'-Based Abuse (HBA)

Prosecution Guidance Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse Vulnerable Persons and Safeguarding

Same sex sexual violence and sexual violence involving a trans complainant or suspect/defendant - Toolkit for Prosecutors

Updated: 20 May 2021

Prosecution Guidance Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse