Variations in Police Cautioning Policy and Practice in England and Wales

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Abstract
The research described in this article was commissioned by the Home Office Research and Planning Unit. It was designed to assess the impact of new guidelines on police cautioning, issued to chief constables in the form of Home Office Circular 14/1985, and to provide a more general review of police cautioning in England and Wales. Inter‐ and intra‐force variations in cautioning rates, policy and practice are described and some suggestions made about how a more uniform approach to cautioning might be achieved.

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