This is the sixth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls for 2012-13: domestic violence; harassment; rape and sexual offences; human trafficking; prostitution; child abuse; and…
This is the fifth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls for 2011-12: domestic violence; harassment; rape and sexual offences; human trafficking; prostitution; child abuse; and…
This is the fourth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls for 2010-11: domestic violence; harassment; rape and sexual offences; human trafficking; prostitution; child abuse; and…
This is the ninth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls for 2015-16: child abuse; domestic abuse; forced marriage; harassment; honour-based violence; human trafficking; pornography;…
This is the eighth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls for 2014-15: child abuse; domestic abuse; forced marriage; harassment; honour-based violence; human trafficking; pornography…
This is the seventh Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) annual report, and covers the following strands of Violence against Women and Girls for 2013-14: child abuse; domestic violence; forced marriage; harassment; honour-based violence; human trafficking;…
This sets out the CPS' policy and guidance in relation to cases of rape, and has recently been under consultation: How the CPS charges and prosecutes rape cases. The finalised version will be published in due course.
Rape is an indictable only offence which must be tried in the Crown Court. Accordingly the decision to charge must be made by a Crown Prosecutor in accordance with the provisions of the Director's Guidance on Charging. This document provides further guidance for police and prosecutors about the…
An independent review of how the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) investigate and prosecute rape cases has provided a timely, informative and candid overview of our joint-working practices; which will act as a framework for major changes in the future.
This aide-memoire focuses on consent, as allegations of rape often involve the word of the complainant against that of the suspect. The aim is to challenge assumptions about consent and the associated victim-blaming myths/stereotypes and highlight the suspect's behaviour and motives to prove he did…
