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The Sentencing Council: Reflections on its 10th anniversary
To mark the 10th anniversary of the Sentencing Council in April 2020, the Chairman of the Council, Lord Justice Holroyde, published an article looking back ...
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Sentencing Code comes into force
The Sentencing Code comes into effect today in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Act. Chairman Lord Justice Holroyde said:
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Sentencing Code
On 1 December 2020 the Sentencing Code came into effect in England and Wales, consolidating existing sentencing procedure law into a single Sentencing Act.
The Code ...
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Information for victims' families
These three short leaflets help explain how certain serious offences are sentenced. The Council produced the leaflets in partnership with the Family Liaison and Disaster ...
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Data collections
The Council collects data directly from courts, which we use to supplement information drawn from a wide range of criminal justice system administrative data sources.
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Minutes of meeting: November 2020
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 20 November 2020.
OVERARCHING GUIDES
Sentencing Offenders with Mental Health Conditions or Disorders - Draft guideline for consultation
This is a draft guideline for consultation only
For published guideline, see:
Sentencing offenders with mental disorders, developmental disorders or neurological impairments
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Theft from a shop or stall: data release pre-announcement
The Council will be publishing data collected from magistrates’ courts covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders for theft from a shop ...
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Office of the Sentencing Council
The Council is supported in its work by the Office of the Sentencing Council (OSC), a small professional body of analysts, researchers and policy, legal ...
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Assessments of the impact and implementation of the Children and Young People and guilty plea guidelines published
The Council has published two reports: an assessment of the impact and implementation of the Children and Young People definitive guideline and an assessment of ...