PUBLICATION – Consultations –
Strangulation and suffocation offences: response to consultation
A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on strangulation and suffocation offences.
Do not retain this copy. Only the online version of a guideline is guaranteed to be up to date.
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A summary of the responses received to the consultation paper on strangulation and suffocation offences.
PUBLICATION – Resource assessment –
A resource assessment for the definitive guidelines for strangulation and suffocation offences.
PUBLICATION – Statistical bulletin –
Data tables showing current sentencing practice for strangulation and suffocation offences, to accompany the definitive guideline.
PUBLICATION – Research report –
The Sentencing Council is required under its statutory duties to review the performance of its guidelines. Following public consultation in 2020, the Council identified five Strategic objectives for 2021-2026. These included a commitment to “explore the impact and implementation of the domestic abuse overarching guideline by undertaking an evaluation”.
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 11 October 2024.
PUBLICATION – Research report –
This literature review brings together the evidence on the effectiveness of sentencing from the perspectives of offenders, the general public, victims and sentencers.
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on ancillary orders.
PUBLICATION – Corporate reports –
The Sentencing Council’s annual report documents the Council’s achievements of the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 in the context of the objectives set in our five-year strategy
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on miscellaneous amendments to sentencing guidelines.
PUBLICATION – Guideline assessment –
The Council has published an evaluation of the impact and implementation of the Bladed article and offensive weapons definitive guidelines, under its statutory duty to monitor the operation and effect of sentencing guidelines and to draw conclusions from this information.