A new Home Office research project is helping Crown Prosecutors learn whether there is a better way to bring some cases to justice. Duty Prosecutors will play a key role in this project, under new DPP guidance prepared expressly for that purpose. This guidance is available online at www.crim.upenn.edu/rj/dpp . This newsletter supplements that guidance with descriptions of cases that Duty Prosecutors in the pilot boroughs have either concurred in, or advised against, a decision by the Metropolitan Police to divert a case from prosecution to restorative justice. These summaries are prepared by criminologists from the University of Pennsylvania and the Australian National University, based on reviews of the case files, consultations with the OIC, and discussions with the DP. Any questions about the decisions reported in this newsletter should be directed to Elizabeth.joslin@cps.gsi.gov.uk

Guidance for Prosecutors 70 kb
Annex A: Offence Seriousness Factors 103 kb


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