PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Assault offences: Consultation
A consultation paper on the sentencing of assault offences. Closed 15 September 2020.
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Publication of Assault Offences statistical bulletin
The Sentencing Council has published a statistical bulletin and data tables, detailing recent sentencing trends for assault offences. This is in preparation for the launch ...
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
Assault offences: Statistical bulletin
A bulletin explaining current sentencing practice for assault offences to accompany the consultation.
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of meeting: April 2020
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 3 April 2020.
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Publication of an assessment of the 2017 update to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines
The Sentencing Council has published an assessment of the impact and implementation of the 2017 update to the Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines (MCSG). The updated ...
PUBLICATION – Guideline evaluation –
Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines: Assessment of guideline
The Sentencing Council has published its assessment of the impact and implementation of the 2017 update to the Magistrates' Court Sentencing Guidelines, under its statutory duty to monitor the operation and effect of its sentencing guidelines and to draw conclusions from this information. The assessment reflects the Council’s approach of seeking to improve its work through consultation and evaluation.
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Types of sentences for children and young people
Courts have a range of different sentences they can give children and young people aged from 10 to 17.
DischargesThese are the same as for adult ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
What next for the Sentencing Council? Consultation
In 2020, the Sentencing Council celebrated its 10th anniversary. As part of our anniversary activities, we opened a consultation: “What next for the Sentencing Council?”. In this consultation, the Council called on all those with an interest in criminal justice and sentencing to contribute to a discussion on what the Council’s future objectives and priorities should be.
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Community sentences
A community sentence combines some form of punishment with activities carried out in the community. It could mean, for example, that an offender must:
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Fines
Fines are the most common type of sentence given by the courts. That is because they are given for lower-level crimes such as minor driving ...