THE MAIN AGENCIES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
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What are the main agencies?
The police
The CPS
HM Courts and Tribunals
HM Prison and Probation services
What are the police responsible for?
The police are responsible for enforcing criminal law by investigating crimes, collecting evidence, arresting suspects and questioning them.
What is the CPS responsible for?
The CPS will advise police in their investigation about things like lines of inquiry as well as what evidence they need to collect so the CPS can build a case.
The CPS assess the evidence that the police submit and then decide whether to prosecute and what the charge will be.
Decisions must be based on the full code test.
Prepares and presents the prosecution case in court.
What is the courts and tribunals service responsible for?
Is responsible for giving out verdicts and sentences / punishments.
What is the prison and probation service responsible for?
Ensuring that offenders who are given punishments and sentences carry it out as well as supervising and managing offenders so that they can lead a crime free life.