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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.

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2nd Scottish Sentencing Research Symposium Report (610kb)

Council activity - engagement ,
Research ,
Sentencing information ,
Sentencing policy
4th September 2025
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

Mental health and sentencing conference report (478kb)

Engagement
5th December 2024
A report summarising the presentations and discussions at the Council's conference, Mental health, neurodivergence, and learning disability in sentencing, held in August 2024.

Communications and Engagement Strategy 2024-2027 (4mb)

Communications
Engagement
12th November 2024

Inaugural Scottish Sentencing Research Symposium Report (1mb)

Research
Engagement
1st May 2024
Hosted by the Scottish Sentencing Council, the Sentencing Academy, and the University of Glasgow on 24 November 2023.

Community sentencing stakeholder event (253kb)

Engagement
8th June 2023
A report of an event held with stakeholders from across Scotland hosted by the Scottish Sentencing Council in March 2022 on the subject of community sentencing.
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