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Public Opinion and the Language of Sentencing

The Sentencing Academy has published a new report, authored by Rory Kelly, Julian V. Roberts, Jonathan Bild...

Finance and Accounting Trustee Vacancy

The Sentencing Academy is seeking to appoint a Finance and Accounting Trustee to our Board of Trustees to join...

The new Sentencing Bill

The Sentencing Academy welcomes David Lammy as the new Lord Chancellor, and Baroness Alison Levitt and Jake...

A Legislative Presumption Against the Use of Short Prison Sentences

In its response to the Gauke Sentencing Review, the government has indicated its intention to introduce a...

Sentence Reductions for Assisting the Police and Prosecution

By Fee Robinson Read the full paper here: Sentence Reductions for Assisting the Police and Prosecution...

Sentencing Academy welcomes the final report of the Independent Sentencing Review

The Sentencing Academy welcomes today’s final report of the Independent Sentencing Review. It is clear that...

Measuring Sentence Inflation in England and Wales

The Sentencing Academy has published a new analysis, authored by Jose Pina-Sánchez, Julian V. Roberts and...

Briefing: Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill

Background On 1 April 2025, the Government published the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill. It...

The Government, Parliament and the Sentencing Council

The recent disagreement between the Lord Chancellor and the Sentencing Council has raised questions about how...

The new Imposition Guideline and the role of the Pre-Sentence Report at sentencing

This explainer discusses the role of the Pre-Sentence Report (PSR) in light of the Sentencing Council’s...

A (Re)View of the Future? What sentencing policy will look like after Gauke

By Ellie Cumbo Last week, the Independent Sentencing Review published its interim report. Although its scope...

Response to Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025. You can...

Newsletter Archive

June / July 2024 Newsletter

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Consultation Responses

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

Response to Sentencing Council consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on the firearms importation offences guideline    …

Responses to Sentencing Council consultations on sexual offences guideline and burglary offences

The Sentencing Academy has submitted responses to the Sentencing Council’s consultations on the sexual offences guideline.     View sexual…

Response to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

On 9 March 2021, the Ministry of Justice published the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which will introduce many…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s modern slavery offences consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for modern slavery offences.  …

Victim Personal Statements and Sentencing: November 2020

By Elspeth Windsor and Julian V. Roberts   This report describes the current status of the Victim Personal Statement (VPS)…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s unauthorised use of a trade mark consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for unauthorised use of a…

Response to the Sentencing Council’s assault offences consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on an updated guideline for assault offences. Assault…

Response to ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s ‘What next for the Sentencing Council?’ consultation    …