Perspectives on Sentencing

You are invited to attend a one-day conference on Friday 10 January 2025 for criminal justice professionals and academics hosted by the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Academy.

The event will be held at the City Law School, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB. Please register now to reserve your place.

Timing

Session

9:30

Registration and coffee

10:00

Welcome to the day

– Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, The City Law School

10:10

Opening remarks

– The Rt Hon Lord Justice William Davis, Chair of the Sentencing Council for England and Wales

10:25

Victims and sentencing

– Speaker to be confirmed

11:25

Session on the Sentencing Review

– Speaker to be confirmed

12:25

Lunch

13:15

Research presentation: Research review on effectiveness of sentencing

– Dr Jay Gormley

14:00

Sentence inflation and the role of guidelines

– Speaker to be confirmed

15:00

Coffee break

15:20

The purposes of sentencing

–  Professor Peter Hungerford-Welch, The City Law School

16:20

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