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• What are the 4 parts to the criminal justice system?

  1. Law creation and administration
  2. Law enforcement
  3. Courts
  4. Punishment of convicted offenders
• What are the two government departments involved in the administration of agencies?

  1. Home Office
  2. Ministry of Justice
• Who does the Home Office support?

  The police
• Who does the ministry of justice support?

  The prisons/ probation/ courts/ CPS
• Whats the role of the police?

  1. Investigate crime
  2. Collect evidence
  3. Detain and question suspects
• What punishment can the police issue themselves?

  Cautions
• How many regional forces do the police have?

  46
• How many case a year do the CPS have?

  1/2 million
• Whats the role of the CPS?

  1. Advise police
  2. Assess evidence
  3. Apply full code test
  4. Prepare and present prosecution cases
• Who administrates the courts?

  Ministry of Justice - HM Courts and Tribunals Service
• What process does a defendant experience in the CPS?

  1. Attend magistrates once charged
  2. Pre-trial issues arranged (Bail, Legal aid, Plea deals)
  3. Plea (Guilty/ innocent)
  4. Guilty leads to sentence hearing. Not guilty leads to a trial.
  5. Guilty - attends court where decided if guilty or not and a sentence is decided based in guidlines
• Which criminals attend which courts?

  Hybrid - both

  Summary - Magistrates

  Indictable - Crown
• Who supervises prisons and probation service?

  Ministry of Justice - HM Prison Service (offenders in custody)/ National Probation Service (offenders serving sentences in the community or those on licence)
• Whats the aim of the prisons?

  To rehabilitate offenders so they can live a crime free life and prevent victims
• CPS relationships?

  1. Police - the CPS advise police on possible lines of enquiry
  2. Courts - the CPS prepare and present prosecution cases and appeals against unduly lenient cases
• Government Departments relationships?

  1. Courts, prison and probation service - HM courts and tribunals/ HM prison and probation service - responsibility of The Ministry of Justice
  2. Police - the Home Office sets policing standards and responsibilities
• HM Prison Service relationships?

  1. Courts - the prison service carry out custodial sentences that are imposed on offenders from the courts
  2. Police - the police facilitate interviews in ongoing investigations
  3. NPS - the NPS communicate with the prison service when a prisoner is released on a licence
• NPS relationships?

  1. HM Prison Service and Parole Board - the NPS supervise prisoners released on licences
  2. Courts - the NPS prepare pre-sentencing reports for offenders/ supervise offenders serving community sentences/ supervise court ordered drug tests
• HM courts and tribunals relationships?

  1. Courts - the service funds them and ensures they run smoothly
  2. HM prison service - hold prisoners attending court, pending transfer or return to jail/ arrange video recordings for evidence
• Police relationships?

  1. Courts - give evidence and prosecution witnesses/ protect vulnerable witnesses/ hold and transport defendants
  2. CPS - provide prosecution evidence/charge in line with CPS instructions
  3. HM prison and probation service - arrest those who break licences/ manage sex offenders lists
  4. Voluntary - refer victims and witnesses to appropriate support
• Voluntary relationships?

  1. Victim support communicates with the police, courts and CPS to support victims through the stages of an investigation
  2. NACRO, Women In Prison and Woman's aid communicate with prisons to support offenders.