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  1. Gang related offences - Decision making in

    … Gangs and violence against women and girls Prosecution of Gang Offences Evidential Issues Admissibility of Evidence … Definitions The term “Gang” does not have a precise definition.  Section 34(5)  of the Policing and Crime Act … relationship through fear. They may be controlled through coercive or abusive behaviour to the point that they are used …

  2. Disability Hate Crime and other crimes against disabled people - prosecution guidance

    … 2022 | Legal Guidance , Hate crime Introduction Referral of disability hate crime cases to CPS Flagging of disability … previously been partners, the offence of Controlling or coercive behaviour may apply: see legal guidance on … recorded on the HRS and the finalisation screen on CMS. Definitionof disability For the purposes of s.66 SA 2020, …

  3. Violence Against Women Strategy and Action Plans

    … Need for an Overarching Gendered Framework The Benefits of a Violence Against Women Strategy Gathering the Evidence … Further information on the UN and its expanded VAW definition is in Annex A . 2.1.3 Council of Europe The … The existence of this intimacy creates a context ofcoercivecontrol; offenders known to the victim create a more …

  4. Homicide: Murder, manslaughter, infanticide and causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult

    … and causing or allowing the death or serious injury of a child or vulnerable adult Updated: 21 June 2024; 15 … a suspect has subjected the victim to controlling and coercive behaviour or ongoing violence. Early advice and … elements of the offence, including who may fall within the definitionof "vulnerable adult", for which see also Uddin …

  5. Communications Offences

    … 24 March 2025 | Legal Guidance Introduction Referral of Cases Criteria Special Jurisdiction of the Chief … of court and harassment, stalking and controlling or coercive behaviour. In addition to the specific … means 'shocking, lewd and indecent’. There is no statutory definitionof what constitutes a 'grossly offensive' …

  6. Domestic abuse

    … the abuse and the violence but the resilience and courage of the women and men who speak out to report this crime. … perpetrators to justice. The Act introduces a statutory definition to ensure that domestic abuse is properly … abuse, violent or threatening behaviour, controlling or coercive behaviour, economic abuse and psychological, …

  7. Rape and Sexual Offences - Annex A: Tackling Rape Myths and Stereotypes

    … 2021 | Legal Guidance , Sexual offences Rape Perpetrators of rape Victims of Rape Table outlining a range of myths, … and guilt on the part of the victim. Focus on the definitionof consent; ensuring that this is dealt with … of domestic abuse and in particularly controlling or coercive behaviour. Focus on steps taken to obtain consent …

  8. Offences against the Person, incorporating the Charging Standard

    … the most appropriate charge or charges Acceptability of pleas Introduction This guidance is intended to assist … with a domestic abuse allegations the Controlling or Coercive behaviour in a Family or Intimate Relationship , … transient and trifling: R v Donovan ;[1934] 2 KB 498. This definition was cited with approval in R v Brown [1994] 1 AC …

  9. Domestic Abuse Joint Justice Plan: National Police Chiefs’ Council and Crown Prosecution Service

    … Justice Plan Outcome 1: Innovation and testing new ways of working improves the timeliness of investigations and the … Abuse Act 2021 creates a cross-government statutory definitionof domestic abuse, to ensure that domestic abuse … consider behaviour driven offences, such as stalking or coercivecontrol from the outset, in all domestic abuse …

  10. CPS data summary Quarter 3 2019-2020

    … receipts from the police fell in the first three of the past four quarters, but rose in the most recent … Timeliness Quarter on quarter - overall, the number of days to charge increased in the first three of the past … Any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse …

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