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.
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
Firearms literature review (615kb)
A literature review by Dr Jay Gormley (University of Glasgow), Dr Gabrielle Watson (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Gavin Dingwall, Jade Mouton, Dr Jonathan Bild and Professor Julian Roberts (Sentencing Academy).
Public attitudes to sentences following a guilty plea: findings from a mixed methods research project (607kb)
Authors: Dr Jay Gormley (University of Glasgow); Professor Julian Roberts (Sentencing Academy); and Professor Cyrus Tata (University of Strathclyde). Quantitative Analysis by Ana Vega (University of Leeds).
Evidence to House of Commons Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections (179kb)
The Council's written evidence to the House of Commons Speaker’s Conference on the security of candidates, MPs and elections.