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    The Joint Charging Standards provide guidelines for differentiating between non-fatal offences against the person based on the level of harm caused. They define the types of injuries that would constitute common assault and battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, malicious wounding or grievous bodily harm, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Factors like the use of weapons, biting, kicking a victim on the ground, and strangulation may also be considered aggravating factors. The standards aim to both ameliorate issues with current legal definitions and promote consistency in charging decisions.

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    The Joint Charging Standards provide guidelines for differentiating between non-fatal offences against the person based on the level of harm caused. They define the types of injuries that would constitute common assault and battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, malicious wounding or grievous bodily harm, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Factors like the use of weapons, biting, kicking a victim on the ground, and strangulation may also be considered aggravating factors. The standards aim to both ameliorate issues with current legal definitions and promote consistency in charging decisions.

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    The Joint Charging Standards provide guidelines for differentiating between non-fatal offences against the person based on the level of harm caused. They define the types of injuries that would constitute common assault and battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, malicious wounding or grievous bodily harm, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Factors like the use of weapons, biting, kicking a victim on the ground, and strangulation may also be considered aggravating factors. The standards aim to both ameliorate issues with current legal definitions and promote consistency in charging decisions.

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    Joint Charging Standards (CPS)

    These can be found on http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/l_to_o/offences_against_the_person/ and were updated in


    October 2009. The purpose of them is to illustrate the levels of harm and differentiating factors between the
    different non-fatal offences.

    In part they ameliorate the problems of the current definitions, but they also aim to provide consistency.

    OFFENCE INJURIES AGGRAVATION

    Common Assault and Battery No more than:  Weapon


     Biting
    Charged under s.39 Criminal Justice Act  Graze  Gouging
    1988
     Scratch  Kicking V whilst on the ground
     Abrasion  Strangulation (iif it more than
     Minor bruising fleeting, or causes V to
     Black eye apprehend a real fear of
     Swelling immediate violence)
     Reddening of skin
     Superficial cuts
     Undisplaced broken nose

    Assault occasioning Actual Bodily  Loss/ broken tooth


    Harm  Temporary loss of sensory
    function
    s.47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861  Extensive/multiple bruising
     Displaced/ broken nose
     Minor fractures
     Cuts requiring stitched
     Psychiatric injury beyond
    fear/panic, supported by
    medical evidence.

    Malicious wounding or Inflicting  Permanent disability


    Grievous Bodily Harm  Loss of sensory function
     More than minor permanent
    s.20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 visible disfigurement
     Broken or displaced limbs or
    bones
     Fractured skull
     Injuries requiring substantial
    loss of blood
     Injury resulting in lengthy
    treatment or incapacitation.

     Repeated or planned attack


    Causing Grievous Bodily Harm with  Deliberate selection of an
    Intent. article for attack
     Adaption of an article for attack
    s. 18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861  Prior threats
     Using a weapon on, or kicking,
    V’s head

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