PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
Imposition: Draft resource assessment
A resource assessment for the draft revised overarching guideline on the Imposition of community and custodial sentences.
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PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
A resource assessment for the draft revised overarching guideline on the Imposition of community and custodial sentences.
OFFENCES
Triable either way
Maximum: 14 years’ custody
Offence range: Community order – 9 years’ custody
For offences committed on or after 3 December 2012, ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 17 November 2023.
NEWS –
We have published a mid-year update to our Business Plan for 2023/24, which summarises changes to the published plan, in particular to the timing of ...
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The Sentencing Council’s Business Plan includes a commitment to review the indicative timeline for preparation and publication of guidelines on a bi-annual basis and to ...
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The Council has published the findings of research conducted with sentencers and other legal professionals who use the online sentencing guidelines. In response to the ...
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Summary Introduction Methodology Findings Conclusion Acknowledgements Annexes References
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6. Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the sentencers who volunteered their time and effort to provide their feedback to inform this research project.
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2. Introduction Background
The Sentencing Council (‘the Council’) was established to promote greater transparency and consistency in sentencing, while maintaining the independence of the judiciary. One of ...
PUBLICATION – Research report –
In the Sentencing Council’s strategic objectives for 2021-2026 we made a commitment to explore how guideline users access, use and interact with the sentencing guidelines on our website.