Mental illness and mental health issues play a prominent role within the Criminal Justice System, not least because a significant proportion of defendants suffer with mental health issues.
A DPA is an agreement between a prosecutor and an organisation (under the supervision of a judge) to allow the prosecution to be suspended for a defined period provided the organisation meets certain specified conditions. These can be used certain offences such as fraud, bribery and other economic crime. They apply to organisations only and not individuals.
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