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Displaying 31 - 39 of 39 results for subject area "Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse"

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

Revised: September 2019
Prosecution Guidance Domestic abuse 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
Prosecution Guidance Domestic abuse Sexual offences Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Stalking or Harassment

; renamed and revised 24 April 2023; minor updates 6 October 2023, 22 April 2024 and 22 January 2025
Prosecution Guidance Cyber / online crime Domestic abuse Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Rape counts, linked to murder, left to lie on file

Reviewed and updated: 1 July 2019; 15 October 2024
Prosecution Guidance Sexual offences Violent crime Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Prosecuting Rape: CPS Policy (this policy is currently under review)

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

Controlling or Coercive Behaviour in an Intimate or Family Relationship

updated: 24 April 2023, 7 February 2025
Prosecution Guidance Domestic abuse Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse

Child Abuse (non-sexual)

Updated: 16 August 2023
Prosecution Guidance Domestic abuse Violent crime Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Child Abuse