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.
Mental Health and Sentencing Literature Review (823kb)
A literature review by Ailbhe O’Loughlin (University of York), Jay Gormley (University of Strathclyde), Lucy Willmott (University of Cambridge) and Jonathan Bild, Julian Roberts and Anna Draper (Sentencing Academy).
Sentencing Young People Guideline (648kb)
The High Court of Justiciary has approved a new sentencing guideline which seeks to reduce reoffending among young people by encouraging rehabilitation. The sentencing young people guideline will come into effect in all courts in Scotland from 26 January 2022. It will apply to the sentencing of those who are under the age of 25 at the date of their plea of guilty or when a finding of guilt is made against them.
Sentencing Young People Impact Assessment (1mb)
This document fulfils the Scottish Sentencing Council’s statutory duty to provide an assessment of the costs and benefits to which the implementation of a guideline is likely to give rise, and an assessment of the likely impact of the guideline on the criminal justice system in general.
Judicial perspectives of community-based disposals (1mb)
A paper on a consultative exercise with sentencers across Scotland carried out by the Scottish Sentencing Council in early 2021, which seeks to identify any gaps or barriers to provision of community based disposals and to ascertain what might improve judicial confidence in community-based interventions.