Interdependence and the Crown Prosecution Service (From Role of the Prosecutor -- Report of the International Criminal Justice Seminar held at the London School of Economics and Political Science, January 1987, P 43-61, 1988, J.E. Hall Williams, ed. -- See NCJ-118587)

• NCJ Number: 118591
• Author(s): R Tarling
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: Gower Publishing Co
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

The effects of the new prosecution system on police records the effects of prosecutors on bail remand decision, and the relevance of the new prosecution system to court delays are addressed.

Abstract

It is suggested that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) have access to information that is crucial to an understanding of the operation of the criminal justice system. If efficiently gathered and processed, this information will be useful not only to internal CPS management to demonstrate and assess the impact of the new service and its fairness, accountability, and efficiency, but also for the wider purposes of studying the efficiency and effectiveness of other parts of the criminal justice system. Methods for implementing an information database are discussed.