Crown Prosecution Service - CPS
- Created by: Ellen Powell
- Created on: 06-03-14 16:58
View mindmap
- CPS, Crown Prosecution Service
- What it's responsible for?
- Reviewing cases submitted by the police
- Determining charges, except in minor cases
- Advising the police
- Preparing and presenting cases in court
- What are their decisions to prosecute based on?
- Whether it is in the public's interest to do so
- Whether there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction
- Evaluation of the CPS
- They are objective in deciding if a case should be prosecuted, saving time and money
- The police are more likely to be subjective, having been involved in the investigation
- Subjective: seeing things from an inside/ personal viewpoint
- Objective: Seeing things from an independent or outside viewpoint
- The police are more likely to be subjective, having been involved in the investigation
- It has been criticized for overspending on administration, lacking independence and relying on police information
- They are objective in deciding if a case should be prosecuted, saving time and money
- What it's responsible for?
Similar Law resources:
Teacher recommended
Teacher recommended
Comments
No comments have yet been made