Reducing the rate of cracked trails at magistrates courts in England and Wales

试用期在当天被取消时就会破裂。要么被告将他们的抗辩改为“有罪”并被正式定罪，要么检方没有提供证据；然后案件就失败了，正义得不到伸张。破解试验是最常见的失败试验形式。2020年，36%的治安法庭审判被破获(政府研究所，2019年)。被破解的审判是一个长期存在的问题，会给公共财政带来巨大的成本。除了法官、检察官、律师、书记员和其他法院工作人员损失的时间外，资源还被浪费在准备不进行的审判上(Ashworth，2010)。据估计，一年的破获案件仅皇家检察院就花费了2150万GB用于未使用的案件准备(NAO，2016)。80%的破案审判是由于迟迟不认罪(政府研究所，2019年)。被传唤作证的受害者和证人(双方)必须被解雇，因为他们在审判前往往承受了数月的压力(戈姆利，2020，程，2018a)。对破裂试验的性质、原因和预防缺乏深入研究，我的研究将填补这一空白，确定新的解决方案。这将减少不必要的公共成本和不必要的“二次”受害者。除了与治安法官、书记员和律师的定性访谈外，我还将对司法部数据第一数据(MoJ，2021)进行小说分析。总体而言，其价值在于解决刑事司法系统和公众的一项重要成本，同时在方法上及时和创新。

A trial cracks when it is cancelled on the day. Either the defendant changes their plea to 'guilty' and is duly convicted, or the Prosecution offer no evidence; the case then collapses and justice is not served. Cracked trials are the most prevalent form of failed trials. In 2020, 36 per cent of magistrates' courts trials cracked (Institute of Government, 2019). Cracked trials are a persistent problem, incurring significant costs to the public purse. Resources are wasted in preparing trials that do not go ahead, in addition to time lost by justices, prosecutors, solicitors, clerks and other court staff (Ashworth, 2010). A year of cracked cases was estimated to cost the Crown Prosecution Service alone, £21.5m in unused case preparation (NAO, 2016). Eighty per cent of cracked trials are due to a late guilty plea (Institute of Government, 2019). Victims and witnesses (from both sides), summonsed to testify have to be dismissed, often having endured months of stress leading up to the trial (Gormley, 2020, Cheng, 2018a). There is a paucity of in-depth research on the nature, causes and prevention of cracked trials and my research will fill this gap, identifying novel solutions. It will reduce unnecessary public costs and undue 'secondary' victimisation. Alongside qualitative interviews with magistrates, clerks, and solicitors, I will undertake novel analyses Ministry of Justice Data First data (MOJ, 2021). Overall, the value is to address an important cost to the criminal justice system and the public while being timely and innovative in its approach.