... prosecution was being produced and this needed altered,the police were 'too close' to the crime and a more ' objective' approach would be more beneficial, also because of too many unsuccesful cases being took much money and court time was wasted as there was lots of cases thrown out of court as a result of lack of evidence and a final comment was that they believed a prosecution service seperate from that of the investigation team could solve this. The CPS was established as a result of this report and a white paper was issued in 1983 which led to the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985. The Crown Prosecution Service is not involved in the detection of crime, as that is seen as the job of the police. The police pass cases on to the Crown Prosecution Service who then review them and make the decision whether to follow them on ...

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