Useful Criminal Law Links ...

• Homicide - Murder (CPS guidelines)
• Murder - a new Homicide Act? (Law Commission 2005)
• Partial Defences to Murder (Law Commission 2004 - PDF file)
• Involuntary manslaughter (Law Commission 1996 - PDF file)

• Offences Against the Person (CPS guidelines & charging standards)
• Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (Home Office 1998)
• Spanner Trust - sadomasochism and the law

• Self-defence and the prevention of crime (CPS guidelines)
• Householders and the use of force against intruders (CPS/ACPO)
• British Self-Defence Governing Body

• Theft (CPS guidelines & charging standards)

• Powers of the Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000
• Sentencing Guidelines
• HM Prison Service
• Parole Board
• National Probation Service

• Criminal Statistics (England and Wales) 2004 (PDF file)
• Sentencing Statistics 2004 (PDF file)

• SBC teaching notes
• Update - recent developments