1.2 relationships between justice agencies

Question 1

Police relationships

Answer 1

1. The courts - giving evidence, holding defendants in police cells.
2. CPS - providing evidence for the prosecution
3. • prison and NPS - arrest prisoners who breached their licenses and have been recalled

Question 2

CPS relationships

Answer 2

1. Police - advising on possible lines of enquiry. Evidence collection to build a case, instructing them on charging a suspect.
2. Courts - preparing and presenting a case against offenders.

Question 3

Government department relationships

Answer 3

1. Courts, prisons and NPS - ministry of justice department responsible.
2. Police - home office department responsible. E.g setting national policing priorities.

Question 4

Courts relationships

Answer 4

1. Prisons - holding prisoners attending court, pending transfer and return.

Question 5

NPS relationships

Answer 5

1. Prisons - supervising prisoners who are on license.
2. Courts - preparing pre-sentence reports on offenders, supervising prisons. Also drug testing under courts orders.

Question 6

Prisons relationships

Answer 6

1. Courts - carrying out custodial sentences. Supervising defendants who remain in custody.
2. Police - facilitating interviews with prisoners involved in ongoing police investigations
3. NPS - liaising when a prisoner is to be released on a license