Victims and resolutions
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Victims and resolutions
All places of detention must be inspected regularly to monitor treatment of, and conditions for, detainees. Our custody inspections inspect outcomes for detainees across all 43 police forces in England and Wales. We work alongside the Care Quality Commission to inspect health outcomes for detainees.
Our Work — Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
The Policing and Crime Act 2017 introduced several changes to policing, including the option for release without bail. This is known as ‘released under investigation’. We inspected how police forces use this new power, as well as how they use bail.
Our Work — Police engagement with women and girls, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
The Rape Monitoring Group was a multi-agency group in England and Wales, co-ordinated by HMICFRS. It was established in 2007 to promote improvements in response to rape across the criminal justice system.
Our Work — Police engagement with women and girls, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
We co-ordinate the multi-agency Rape Monitoring Group (RMG) group in England and Wales. This was established in 2007 to promote improvements in response to rape across the criminal justice system. Our inspections Progress to introduce a national operating model for rape and other serious sexual offences investigations – 22 August 2024 Operation Soteria is a…
Our Work — Police engagement with women and girls, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
Stalking and harassment crimes can devastate lives and in some cases they end in death. They are crimes of persistence. And, in a digital world, these crimes can take place all too easily and frequently. HMICFRS inspects how police forces respond to stalking and harassment.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, International and specialist agencies, Victims and resolutions
Building on experience from the police custody suite inspections, HMICFRS and HM Inspectorate of Prisons), introduced Terrorism Act (TACT) custody facilities inspections in England.
Our Work — Police engagement with women and girls, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) offences are violent and high-harm crimes that disproportionately affect women and girls. This includes domestic abuse, sexual violence, stalking and female genital mutilation.
Our Work — Behind the frontline, Protecting people from violence and abuse, Victims and resolutions
In January 2014, the Home Secretary commissioned HMIC to carry out an inspection on the welfare of vulnerable people in police custody. This work included, but was not limited to, people with mental health problems, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and children. Our inspection highlighted good practice, identified areas for improvement and made national recommendations.
Our Work — Victims and resolutions
Youth offending teams (YOTs) are provided by local councils to work with young people that are arrested or in trouble with the police, are sentenced with a crime and have to go to court, or are convicted of a crime and sentenced. HMICFRS works with HM Inspectorate of Probation to inspect the effectiveness of youth offending teams.