home
Skip to content
  • About us
    • About us
    • Aims and accountability
    • Who we are
    • Meetings
    • Committees
    • Recruitment
    • FAQ
  • Sentencing information
    • Sentencing information
    • Introduction to sentencing
    • How do courts decide a sentence?
    • Community sentences
    • Custodial sentences
    • Maximum and minimum sentences
    • Disposals and appeals
    • Information for victims
  • Sentencing guidelines
    • Sentencing guidelines
    • Approved guidelines
    • Guidelines in development
    • How are sentencing guidelines developed?
    • About sentencing guidelines
  • Publications
    • Publications
    • Guideline judgments
    • Sentencing Statements
  • Research and engagement
    • Research and engagement
    • Consultations
    • Research
    • Engagement
  • Education resources
    • Education resources
    • Jargon buster
    • Myth buster
    • 'If you were the judge' case studies
    • Lectures and lesson plans
  • News and media
    • News and media
    • News
    • Scottish Sentencing Conversations Podcast
    • Spotlight on Sentencing Blog
    • Spotlight on Sentencing Circular
    • Videos
    • Contact us
  • ?
  • A-Z
Scottish Sentencing Council Logo
  1. Home
  2. Sentencing guidelines
  3. Methodology
  4. Stage 7

Stage 7 - Raising awareness about the guideline

We will take steps to raise awareness of each new guideline once it has been approved, and once we know when it is going to come into force.

 

We will notify individuals and organisations with a specific interest in the guideline. We will also carry out wider communications work to increase public awareness of the guideline. This might include, for example, media interviews, conferences, as well as using digital and social media.

We will also work with judges and other members of the criminal justice system where they need to understand the impact of the guidelines on their decisions. This may include helping to develop necessary training.

Our communications must be properly planned, working with others in the justice system. We will need to invest time and resources to make sure that all those who have an interest in, or are affected by, a guideline are prepared for it.

 

Previous stage                        Next stage

Contact us/ media enquiries

 

Social media policy

 

Scottish Sentencing Council, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RQ

Tel: 0300 790 0006 Email: sentencingcouncil@scotcourts.gov.uk
Follow us on social:
  • Accessibility
  • Complaints
  • Cookies
  • © Crown Copyright
  • FAQs
  • Jargon Buster
  • Privacy
  • Site Map
  • Useful links