Every investigative decision can end up being examined later — by a court, a tribunal or an inspector. Whether to deploy a camera, whether online research has become systematic monitoring, whether a victim is entitled to enhanced rights. The question then is not only whether you got it right. It is whether you can show how you got there.A decision model gives you that structure. The one we recommend for investigators is the Joint Decision Model. Where the JDM comes from The J

The Victims’ Code is often treated as a police and CPS document. For anyone who investigates or prosecutes, that view is out of date, and the Code itself says why. What the Code is The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales sets out the services, and a minimum standard for those services, that must be provided to victims of crime by organisations called service providers. It is issued under section 32 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004, a