Crown Prosecution Service

Conditional Cautioning was brought in by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and is operated under a statutory Code of Practice. The Code of Practice requires the Director of Public Prosecutions to issue supporting guidance. Offences suitable for Conditional Cautioning are set out at Annex A of the sixth edition of the DPP’s Guidance. Conditional Cautions are one of a range of out of court disposals and provide an effective, swift and speedy resolution in appropriate cases. At present a Conditional Caution can be administered where an offender aged 18 or over, on admitting the offence, accepts a caution with condition(s). If the conditions are complied with or completed within the timescales determined by the prosecutor, the case is finalised and there is no prosecution. If, however, the conditions are not complied with, a prosecution may follow.

Conditional Conditions can be:

Reparative (such as writing a letter of apology, repairing damage; paying compensation or undertaking unpaid work in the community, if public or the wider community are the victim; mediation between the offender and the victim);

Rehabilitative (attendance at drug or alcohol awareness session in an effort to halt the causes of the offending behaviour); or

Restrictive (not to approach a particular area or person) if the restriction supports reparation or rehabilitation.

It is for the CPS prosecutor to decide, following referral by the police, whether a Conditional Caution is the appropriate disposal in any case listed in guidance issued by the DPP. A ‘Conditional Caution’ differs from a simple caution as there are certain conditions that must be complied with in order to avoid prosecution for the offence committed. In 2009 the DPP published ‘The Public Prosecution Service - Setting the Standard’ in which he called for a coherent and consistent, transparent, monitored legislative system for the use of all out of court disposals. The CPS is committed to ensuring that its involvement in the diversion process is transparent; and therefore the information available here provides data from the CPS case management system about the Conditional Cautions administered.

Conditional Cautions can offer a, swift and speedy resolution in appropriate cases than the full judicial process. They can help address the needs of the wider community by highlighting the effects of the offending behaviour on that community, including;

- Increased community participation in the delivery of local justice; and

- Offenders gain access to treatment for alcohol and drug interventions more speedily.

A Conditional Caution can be refused by an offender, who can take the option of being prosecuted in court if they prefer to do so. The disposal does not, therefore, deny an offender the right to a court hearing. It does provide an opportunity, where the public interest test is met, to divert suitable offenders from the court process. If an offender accepts a Conditional Caution but then does not complete the conditions, they can be prosecuted for the original offence.

Information on the Quarterly Report

The data published quarterly includes.

- The number of Conditional Cautions administered by Area.

- Type of Conditions attached to Cautions. This allows the user to view the type of conditions used. Each Conditional Caution administered may have more than one condition attached to it; as a result of this the number of conditions will not be equal to the number of Conditional Cautions administered.

- The number of Conditional Cautions administered by offence. This shows those offences for which a Conditional Caution has been administered for the relevant quarter.

- Outcome of CPS decision making following non-compliance. This section gives information regarding the actions taken by the CPS in the event that the offender does not comply with the terms of the Conditional Caution.

- Number of Conditional Cautions broken down by Gender and Area.

Source agency: Justice

Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics

Language: English

Alternative title: Crown Prosecution Service - Conditional Cautioning Data

条件警告制度于2003年通过《刑事司法法》引入，并依据法定实践准则进行运作。该实践准则要求公诉机关主任发布支持性指导。适用于条件警告的罪行在公诉机关指导第六版的附件A中列出。条件警告是多种庭外处理方式之一，适用于适当案件，能够提供高效、迅速的解决方案。目前，对于18岁或以上的违法者，在承认罪行后，如果接受带有条件（们）的警告，则可实施条件警告。如果违法者遵守或按时完成检察官确定的条件，案件即告终结，且无需起诉。然而，如果未遵守条件，则可能随之进行起诉。条件可能包括：

- 补偿性（如撰写道歉信、修复损害；支付赔偿金或在社区进行无偿工作，如果受害者为公众或更广泛的社区；在违法者与受害者之间进行调解）；

- 复原性（参加药物或酒精意识会议，以努力制止犯罪行为的原因）；或

- 限制性（不得接近特定区域或人员），如果限制有助于赔偿或复原。

CPS检察官在警察的转介后，需决定是否根据DPP发布的指导中列出的任何案件适用条件警告。与简单警告不同，条件警告要求遵守某些条件以避免对所犯罪行的起诉。2009年，DPP发布了《公诉服务机构——设定标准》，其中呼吁建立一套连贯、一致、透明、受监控的立法体系，以用于所有庭外处理方式。CPS致力于确保其在分流过程中的参与透明；因此，此处提供的信息包含来自CPS案件管理系统的条件警告数据。

条件警告可以在适当案件中比完整司法程序提供更迅速的解决方案。它们可以通过强调犯罪行为对社区的影响，包括以下方面，来帮助满足更广泛社区的需求；

- 增加社区在地方司法执行中的参与度；

- 违法者能够更快地获得酒精和药物干预治疗。

违法者可以拒绝接受条件警告，如果他们更喜欢在法庭上被起诉，可以选择此选项。因此，该处理方式并不剥夺违法者接受法庭审判的权利。它提供了一个机会，在公共利益测试得到满足的情况下，将合适的违法者从法庭程序中分流。如果违法者接受条件警告但未完成条件，他们可能因原罪行被起诉。

季度报告信息

发布的季度数据包括。

- 按地区划分实施的条件警告数量。

- 附带于警告的条件类型。这使用户能够查看所使用的条件类型。每个实施的条件警告可能附带多个条件；因此，条件的数量不会等于实施的条件警告数量。

- 按罪行划分实施的条件警告数量。这显示了在相关季度为哪些罪行实施了条件警告。

- CPS决策非遵守后的结果。本部分提供了关于违法者未遵守条件警告条款时CPS采取行动的信息。

- 按性别和地区划分的条件警告数量。

来源机构：司法部

名称：未指定为国家统计的官方统计数据

语言：英语

替代标题：皇家公诉服务机构——条件警告数据