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 For anyone who investigates or prosecutes, that view is out of date, and the Code itself says why.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