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The Council has started work on what format our sentencing guidelines should take.  Principal Research Officer Andrew Bell has been looking at styles from around the world with a view to developing the best suited to Scotland.  Read his blog to learn more. 

Chair of the Communications Committee, Sheriff Norman McFadyen, explains some of the committee's work in our latest blog.

The Council launched its Business Plan today announcing the areas its first guidelines will cover including sentencing death by driving, and environment & wildlife offences.  The Council will also begin research into the sentencing of sexual offences.

The Council has established two committees to take communications and research work forward. They will support work promoting awareness and understanding of sentencing, and facilitate research on a range of sentencing matters.

Around 80 organisations and individuals gathered at a conference in Edinburgh on Friday, 22 June, to share their views on the sentencing of sexual offences and help inform the Council’s work.