Rape and Sexual Offences - Overview and index of 2021 updated guidance
|Legal Guidance, Sexual offences
This updated legal guidance published on 21 May 2021, following public consultation, replaces the interim guidance published in October 2020. The guidance has 16 chapters and one annex.
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Applying the Code for Crown Prosecutors to Rape and Serious Sexual Offences
- Chapter 3: Case Building
- Chapter 4: Tackling Rape Myths and Stereotypes
- Chapter 5: Issues relevant to particular groups of people
- Chapter 6: Consent
- Chapter 7: Key Legislation and offences
- Chapter 8: Statutory Limitations on prosecution of offences committed abroad
- Chapter 9: Indictment
- Chapter 10: Supporting Complainants in Court
- Chapter 11: The Sexual History of complainants, Section 41 YJCEA 1999
- Chapter 12: The Trial
- Chapter 13: Sexual Offences and Youths
- Chapter 14: Sentencing
- Chapter 15: Sexual Harm Prevention Orders (SHPO)
- Chapter 16: Slavery and Trafficking Risk Orders
- Annex A: Tackling Rape Myths and Stereotypes
- Annex B: Statutory Limitations on prosecution of offences committed abroad - Table of legislation