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  1. Violence against Women and Girls Guidance

    … Stereotypes Public Interest Miscellaneous Identification of cases and performance management Annex A - Links to VAWG … related to domestic abuse including controlling or coercive behaviour, rape and other sexual offences, stalking, … the behaviour falls within a particular policy or agreed definitionof a criminal offence, then it should be …

  2. Controlling or Coercive Behaviour in an Intimate or Family Relationship

    … Controlling or Coercive Behaviour in an Intimate or Family Relationship 24 … has a serious effect on the victim" Assessing the evidence of "serious effect" "A knows or ought to know that the … proof of repeated and continued behaviour, which by definition is wider than the single incident. The decision …

  3. Domestic Abuse

    … Against Women and Girls strategy (VAWG) Domestic Abuse definition Applying the Code Offences available to … to prosecuting DA cases Supporting victims Acceptability of pleas Trial Sentencing and Ancillary Orders Civil Orders … abuse violent or threatening behaviour controlling or coercive behaviour economic abuse (see subsection (4)) …

  4. The law in action: how prosecutors apply centuries of legislation to contemporary crime

    … The law in action: how prosecutors apply centuries of legislation to contemporary crime 28 February 2023 | News … caused may not be physical. For example, controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship is … of the suspect, although sufficient to come within the definitionof the offence, were of only minor encouragement …

  5. Strangulation and suffocation

    … and selecting the appropriate charge Acceptability of pleas Extra-territorial jurisdiction Introduction Section … or suffocation). Strangulation or suffocation Definition Section 70(1) DA Act 2021 inserted section 75A … may include rape and sexual offences or controlling and coercive behaviour for example. This is not an exhaustive …

  6. Older People: Prosecuting Crimes against

    … and economic crime , Hate crime Introduction Relevance of age to case review and management Public Interest Flagging … For the purposes of the Policy and the Legal Guidance, our definitionof a crime against an older person is: Where the … of victims/witnesses and indications of controlling or coercive behaviour, for example:- Economic abuse such as lack …

  7. Domestic Abuse: Policy Statement

    … Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy CPS Commitment to Victims of Domestic Abuse Communicating with and engaging victims of … creates, for the first time, a cross-government statutory definitionof domestic abuse, to ensure that domestic abuse … equally harmful. Since 2015, the offence of controlling or coercive behaviour within a relationship has been illegal in …

  8. Cybercrime - prosecution guidance

    … Definitions Cyber-Dependent Crimes Hacking Disruption of Computer Functionality Cyber-Enabled Crimes Economic … further guidance is available. This guidance explains: The definitionof cybercrime Cyber-dependent crimes and the … may constitute harassment or stalking, controlling or coercive behaviour, disclosing private sexual images without …

  9. Same sex sexual violence and sexual violence involving a trans complainant or suspect/defendant - Toolkit for Prosecutors

    … Considerations Acknowledgements Introduction The purpose of this toolkit is to support prosecutors considering issues … stage or even after the relationship has ended due to coercive and controlling behaviours and also societal … that person. Power relationships can be used to control and silence a victim – in the same way as power can …

  10. Stalking or Harassment

    … the charge/indictment Support for victims Acceptability of pleas Bail and keeping a victim informed Sentencing and … overlap between stalking, harassment and/or controlling or coercive behaviour acceptance of pleas the prosecutor's role … Many cases of stalking or harassment will come within the definitionof "domestic abuse". Prosecutors should also apply …

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