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Knife and Other Weapons Offences

Updated: 8 April 2025; 15 April 2025; 14 May 2025; 23 July 2025
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Gross Negligence Manslaughter

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Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018

Updated: 16 August 2023, 1 May 2025, 16 July 2025
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Non Accidental Head Injury Cases (NAHI, formerly referred to as Shaken Baby Syndrome [SBS]) - Prosecution Approach

Updated: 5 November 2021
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Deaths in Custody, including following contact with the police

Updated: 28 April 2020; 17 June 2024; 31 January 2025
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Firearms

Updated: 29 Jul 2020; 24 Mar 2021; 29 Oct 2021; 27 Nov 2025
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Weapons related prosecution guidance

Prosecution Guidance Violent Crime, Weapons and Public Safety

Dangerous Dog Offences

Updated: 21 June 2019. Updated: 4 November 2021; 1 February 2024
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Offences against the Person, incorporating the Charging Standard

Updated: 21 Mar 2022; 27 Jun 2022; 23 Jul 2024; 31 Oct 2024; 21 Nov 2025; 26 Feb 2026
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Homicide: Murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult

Updated: 21 Jun 2024; 15 Oct 2024; 10 Mar 2026
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