How do police activities – such as Release Under Investigation (RUI) – affect flows into the criminal courts?

Background

We want to modernise the procedures and infrastructure of our courts and tribunals, leading an effective, efficient and coordinated justice system across all the civil, criminal and family justice jurisdictions.

Next steps

We can be contacted at the following email address: evidence_partnerships@justice.gov.uk.

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Areas of research interest

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    The project partially answers the question by proposing the use of AI and machine learning to automate Out of Court Order administration, which is related to police activities. The authors have the necessary expertise to competently answer the question.

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