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The Council, along with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, and the Sentencing Academy hosted the Council’s second research symposium on 20 May 2025 at Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh.

The Council has published a mythbuster to help address some common sentencing misconceptions and provide information on topics including community sentences and prison release.

Read our latest blog on the Alcohol Problem Court launched last year at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

A new series of four introductory videos has been added to our website. The videos explain how judges decide sentences and what sentences are available in Scotland.

A new interactive 'case study' has been added to our website resource on sentencing, enabling people to learn more about how judges decide criminal court sentences in Scotland.