Introduction by the Director of Public Prosecutions and Chief Executive
Our vision for the CPS is to be a high-performing, streamlined, prosecution service relentlessly focused on quality and respected for its professionalism. In order to deliver this vision, we must ensure that our staff are…
A 2008 review undertaken of the first tranche of 23 Specialist Domestic Violence Courts, which were selected in 2005/06, indicating the success of these system in improving both prosecution of domestic violence cases and safety of victims.
These reports are the interim and final evaluations of Domestic Violence Pilot Sites at Caerphilly (in Gwent, Wales) and Croydon (in London, England). The two sites evaluated here, whilst part of the same project, piloted different ways to improve the response to domestic violence.
This is the first Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) annual Violence against Women performance report. This report covers a range of Violence against Women (VAW) strands for 2007 - 08: domestic violence; forced marriage; so-called 'honour' crimes; female genital mutilation; rape and sexual offences;…
April 2008
Introduction
Background and Contexts
What We are Aiming to Achieve
The Need for an Overarching Gendered Framework
The Benefits of a Violence Against Women Strategy
Gathering the Evidence
Challenges and Opportunities
What We Will Focus on in Next Three Years - Future…
The Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC) programme has been running since 2005. At the end of the Court Estate Rationalisation Programme we anticipate that there will be 137 SDVC systems, a reduction of six from the position as April 2011, across England and Wales. This list, dated September…
This is the second Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) annual Violence against Women (VAW) performance report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women for 2008-09: domestic violence; forced marriage; honour based violence; female genital mutilation; rape and sexual offences; human…
This document looks at the success of the CPS' Violence against Women and Girls strategy for the period 2008-2011 and the key areas that need to be focused on going forward.
This resource manual was issued for use in those areas that were developing a specialist domestic violence (DV) court system as part of the Specialist Domestic Violence Court (SDVC) Programme. Updated in 2011.
This is the third Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women (VAW) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women for 2009-10: domestic violence; forced marriage; honour based violence; female genital mutilation; rape and sexual offences; human trafficking;…
