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Sentencing Council Submission to Sentencing Review 2024-25
Today we submitted the Sentencing Council’s evidence in response to the call for evidence issued by the Independent Sentencing Review 2024-2025. Led by the Rt ...
Sentencing Council Submission to Sentencing Review 2024-25
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New sentencing guideline for strangulation and suffocation offences
The Council has today published a new guideline for judges and magistrates sentencing strangulation and suffocation offences in England and Wales. We have also published ...
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Publication of strangulation and suffocation offences data tables
The Sentencing Council has published data tables showing current sentencing practice for strangulation and suffocation offences.
This is in preparation for the launch of the Council’s ...
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The Council responds to an independent research review of the domestic abuse guideline
We have published the Council’s response to an independent research review of the guideline for sentencing offences committed within a context of domestic abuse.
The research ...
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Official statistics pre-announcement: Research review of the Council’s guideline Overarching principles: domestic abuse
This report will contain findings from a research review that explores sentencers’ understanding, interpretation, implementation, application and thoughts about the Sentencing Council’s overarching guideline on ...
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Council vacancies: academic and probation roles
The Sentencing Council is looking to appoint two non-judicial members with either recent relevant or current experience of academic research into criminology or criminal law ...
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Effectiveness of sentencing options – review of research
The Sentencing Council has published a review of existing research looking at the effectiveness of sentencing.
We commissioned the review from an independent academic to further ...
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Consultation on ancillary orders guidance
We are seeking views on proposals that aim to improve the consistency, accessibility and presentation of our guidance on ancillary orders available on conviction.
The consultation ...
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Sentencing Council annual report 2023/24
We have published our annual report for 2023/24. The report is Lord Justice William Davis’s second as Chairman and documents the Council’s achievements of the ...
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Miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines - consultation
The Council’s fourth annual consultation on miscellaneous amendments to guidelines is now open.
We are proposing a series of changes designed to bring greater clarity and ...