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Data release on sentencing drug offences – factors and outcomes
Today, the Council has published data covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders for a selection of drug offences, and details of ...
Data release on sentencing drug offences – factors and outcomes
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Drug offences: data release pre-announcement
On 29 July 2022, the Council will be publishing data collected from magistrates’ courts covering the factors taken into account when sentencing adult offenders for ...
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Drug offences sentencing guidelines revised as offending changes
A comprehensive package of revised sentencing guidelines for drugs offences that reflect a change in the nature of offending and additional offences in relation to ...
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New sentencing guidelines for drug offences published
The Sentencing Council has today published revised sentencing guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of drugs to respond to the changing nature of offending following consultation.
Changes ...
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Publication of Drug offences data tables
The Sentencing Council has published data tables detailing recent sentencing trends for drug offences. This is in preparation for the launch of the Council’s Drug ...
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Revised drug sentencing guidelines proposed to reflect changes in offending
Plans to revise sentencing guidelines for drugs offences in England and Wales were published for consultation today by the Sentencing Council, following significant change in ...
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Revised drug sentencing guidelines proposed to reflect changes in offending, and research released on the association between offenders’ sex and ethnicity and sentencing for drug offences
Plans to revise sentencing guidelines for drugs offences in England and Wales were published for consultation today by the Sentencing Council, following significant change in ...
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Investigating the association between an offender’s sex and ethnicity and the sentence imposed at the Crown Court for drug offences
To support the revision of the Council’s drug offences guidelines, the Council has commissioned research that looks at the sentencing of three supply-related drug offences ...
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Sentencing of drug offences involving newer and less common drugs
Since publication of the Drug Offences guideline in 2012, there has been an increase in the number of cases before the courts involving newer drugs, ...
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Drug offences sentencing guideline assessment published
The Council has published an assessment of its drug offences sentencing guideline which came into force in February 2012. It can be accessed here.