Publications
All information published by the Council, including the Council's business plans and annual reports, can be accessed on this page.
Further details about the classes of information published by the Council, and how to access that information, are available in the Guide to information published by the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Offences of rape - public consultation analysis (751kb)
Independent analysis of responses to the Scottish Sentencing Council’s public consultation on the draft sentencing guidelines for rape offences, authored by Alison Platts and Dawn Griesbach.
Offences of rape - Report on public consultation (614kb)
This report addresses matters raised by respondents to the consultation on draft sentencing guidelines for offences of rape, and discusses the changes made as a result to the finalised guidelines for submission to the High Court.
Scottish Sentencing Council Annual Report 2024 25 (24mb)
The Scottish Sentencing Council's 2024-25 Annual Report was submitted to the Scottish Ministers on 21 October 2025 and laid before the Scottish Parliament on 22 October 2025.
Modern slavery offences literature review (914kb)
A literature review by Dr Rachel McPherson and Dr Jay Gormley, School of Law, University of Glasgow. With thanks to Meera Mohankrishnan for her research assistance.
2nd Scottish Sentencing Research Symposium Report (610kb)
Hosted by the Scottish Sentencing Council, the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, and the Sentencing Academy on 20 May 2025 at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh