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The Scottish Sentencing Council’s response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its proposals for the creation of a National Care Service.

Independent analysis of responses to the Scottish Sentencing Council's public consultation on the draft sentencing young people guideline by Alison Platts and Dawn Griesbach.

This report sets out the Council’s views on some of the most common matters raised during the public consultation exercise on the draft sentencing young people guideline and gives an indication of how the guideline submitted to the High Court will differ as a result. 

Authors: Dr Johanne Miller and Dr Sarah AndersonUniversity of the West of Scotland As part of developing the draft guideline the Council wanted to explore the views and opinions of young people across Scotland. In May 2019, the University of the West of Scotland was commissioned by the Council to explore the opinions of young people, including young people with convictions, on sentencing and the draft guideline. This research was carried out during the period July 2019 to January 2020.

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.