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.
Written evidence to community sentencing inquiry (97kb)
The Council's written evidence to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee inquiry into community sentencing.
Community sentencing stakeholder event (253kb)
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.
Revised methodology - How guidelines are developed (319kb)
This paper sets out how the Scottish Sentencing Council develops sentencing guidelines.
Fraud sentencing: a systematic literature review (5mb)
A literature review by Dr Rebecca Fish, Alice Mills, Georgina Bahri, Dr Deborah Powney, Dr Emily Cooper, Dr Clare Scollay, Professor Sarah Kingston, School of Justice, The University of Central Lancashire.
Sentencing assault offences literature review (831kb)
A literature review by Carly Lightowlers, Senior Lecturer Criminology, School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool, and Professor Melissa Hamilton, Professor of Law & Criminal Justice, School of Law, University of Surrey.