Amanda Brown, Julie Scarabrook and Harry Matthews of the Inner London Public Interest Case Assessment (PICA) Project describe a new initiative to reduce avoidable prosecutions by providing the Crown Prosecution Service with information about defendants' personal circumstances.
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HC Debate Vol 483 col 681, Jan 29th 1951, quoted in Code for Crown Prosecutors, pursuant to Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 s10
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'Public Interest Case Assessment', Vol 2 of the Final Report of the Probation Initiative. Diversion from Custody and Prosecution, Vera Institute of Justice
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First Annual Report of the Inner London Project in Public Interest Case Assessment, 1990-1991 ILPS.
