Criminal Justice System

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What do the police do?
enforce the law, patrol streets, respond to 999 calls, maintain social control, administer non-court sanction
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What do the courts do?
jury selection/sorting, organise/oversee trials, magistrates court, crown court trials, bail conditions
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what is the relationship between the police and the courts?
giving evidence as prosecution witness, providing protection for vulnerable witnesses, holding defendants in police cells
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relationship between the police and the cps
providing evidence for the prosecution of offender, charging offenders in line with cps instructions
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relationship between the police and HM prison and probation service
arrest prisoners who have breached terms of licence, manage the list of child sex offenders living in their area
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relationship between the cps and the police
advising on possible lines of enquiry and evidence collection to build a case, instructing them on charging suspects
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relationship between the cps and the courts
preparing and presenting the prosecution case against offenders, preparing appeals against unduly lenient sentences
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relationship between the government and the police
the home office is the department which is in charge of the police, this will mean that they will set the national police priorities
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relationships between HM courts and the courts and judges
supervising the efficient running of the courts system, funding the individual courts
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relationship between the courts and the prison service
holding prisoners attending court, pending their transfer/return to prison, arranging video recording and live links for prisoners giving evidence from prison
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relationship between the prison service and the courts
carrying out custodial sentence that the court has imposed on offender, supervising defendants who have been remanded into custody
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relationship between the prison service and the police
facilitating interviews with prisoners involved in ongoing police investigations
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What do the courts do?

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jury selection/sorting, organise/oversee trials, magistrates court, crown court trials, bail conditions

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relationship between the police and the cps

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relationship between the police and HM prison and probation service

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