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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...

Sentencing Council, Sentencing Academy and The City Law School join forces to explore perspectives on sentencing

Leading experts in the field of sentencing gathered to explore important and current sentencing-related issues...

Sentencing Academy welcomes two new members of staff

In what promises to be a busy year for sentencing in England and Wales, with an Independent Sentencing Review...

Perspectives on Sentencing Seminar

The Sentencing Academy is delighted to be co-hosting, with the Sentencing Council and The City Law School, a...

Who’s in Prison and What’s the Purpose of Imprisonment? A Survey of Public Knowledge and Attitudes

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

Children’s Knowledge and Opinion of Sentencing

The Sentencing Academy has published a new report, authored by Professor Kathryn Hollingsworth, Dr Jonathan...

Roundtable on Children’s Knowledge and Opinion of Sentencing and Public Knowledge and Opinion of Imprisonment

The Sentencing Academy held a roundtable to launch two groundbreaking reports on public opinion and sentencing...

Sentencing the Rioters

With the first offenders involved in the recent riots across England being sentenced to immediate custodial...

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024

The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024 will be debated in the...

Coercive Control as Mitigation at Sentencing

By Professor Vanessa Bettinson Read the full paper here: Coercive Control as Mitigation at Sentencing...

Sentencing Data and Policy online event

Unfortunately, due to the upcoming General Election, the originally-planned event on 25 June 2024, outlined...

The Techno-Judiciary: Sentencing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By Harry Grindle In the era of artificial-intelligence (AI), algorithmic technologies are everywhere. AI’s...

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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    …