To help us meet this aim, the Council hosts a series of seminars, providing opportunities to explore current research and knowledge in the field of sentencing and identify opportunities for ...

The Council, The City Law School and the Sentencing Academy co-hosted a one-day academic seminar on 13 January 2023.

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Guideline users should be aware that the Equal Treatment Bench Book covers important aspects of fair treatment and disparity of outcomes for different groups in the criminal justice system. It ...

Guideline users should be aware that the Equal Treatment Bench Book covers important aspects of fair treatment and disparity of outcomes for different groups in the criminal justice system. It ...

Taken from Sentencing Guidelines Council Guideline Overarching Principles: Seriousness. The lists below bring together the most important aggravating and mitigating features with potential application ...

Harassment and stalking are classed as offences under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 and (where the offending is racially or religiously aggravated) the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Both ...

The following guidance should be considered when seeking to determine the degree to which previous convictions should aggravate sentence: Section 65 of the Sentencing Code states that: (1) This ...

If you do not have access to wifi, the magistrates’ court sentencing guidelines (MCSG) are also available as an app. You can download the MCSG app to your own iPad ...