Prosecuting hate crimes
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public prosecution service for criminal cases in England and Wales.
In undertaking this role, the CPS:
- advises the police during the early stages of investigations;
- determines the appropriate charges in all but the most routine cases;
- keeps all cases under continuous review and decides which cases should be prosecuted;
- prepares cases for prosecution in court and prosecutes the cases with in-house advocates, or instructs agents and counsel to present cases;
- provides information and assistance to victims and prosecution witnesses;
- engages with communities to help improve our work; and
- addresses offending using out-of-court alternatives or ‘disposals’ where appropriate.
For more information visit the CPS website at www.cps.gov.uk.
Internet Offences
The Director of Public Prosecutions has issued guidance on when Internet based offences should be prosecuted. The guidance can be found here
International Prosecutors Training
The Coucil of Europe's HELP Programme has created a pan-Europe online course for hate crime designied for prosecuors and judges in it's 47 member states.
The course is available for any user in the HELP platform
Users have access by creating an account in the platform
Downloads
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CPS Hate Crime Report 2016
(PDF 1720 Kb)
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CPS Disability Hate Crime Leaflet
(PDF 358 Kb)
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CPS Disability Hate Crime Leaflet (Easy Read)
(PDF 3221 Kb)
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CPS Hate Crime Report 2009-10
(PDF 460 Kb)
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CPS Policy - Prosecuting Homophobic and Transphobic Hate Crime
(PDF 69 Kb)
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CPS Policy - Prosecuting Racial or Religious Hate Crime
(PDF 75 Kb)
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CPS Disability Hate Crime Policy
(PDF 116 Kb)
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