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Criminal procedure refers to the manner in which an individual, charged with an offence, proceeds through the criminal justice system. The rules governing this procedure are set out in the Criminal Procedure Rules (Crim PR) (available at <www.justice.gov.uk>).

Figure 1.2 Process of the criminal justice system

For our purposes, we shall focus on classification of offences and sentencing, as these considerations will feature when discussing the substantive criminal offences.