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MCSG UPDATES –
Minor revisions and corrections log: 11 November 2024 Sentencing Council policy on making changes to digital guidelines
The Sentencing Council has established a process for recording minor ...
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The Sentencing Council is looking to appoint two non-judicial members with either recent relevant or current experience of academic research into criminology or criminal law ...
PUBLICATION – Minutes –
Minutes of the Sentencing Council meeting on 11 October 2024.
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Statement of application of the Code of Practice for Statistics
1. Introduction
The Council is classified as an official statistics producer under the Statistics and Registration ...
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The Sentencing Council has published a review of existing research looking at the effectiveness of sentencing.
We commissioned the review from an independent academic to further ...
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.
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We are seeking views on proposals that aim to improve the consistency, accessibility and presentation of our guidance on ancillary orders available on conviction.
The consultation ...
PUBLICATION – Consultations –
A consultation paper on ancillary orders.
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We have published our annual report for 2023/24. The report is Lord Justice William Davis’s second as Chairman and documents the Council’s achievements of the ...