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Scottish Sentencing Council publishes report on the challenges of sentencing offenders with mental health issues
To coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, the Scottish Sentencing Council has today published a new research report reviewing the challenges of and approaches to sentencing offenders with mental health issues.
New animated videos on sentencing young people guideline
The Scottish Sentencing Council has published three short animated videos about its sentencing young people guideline.
Draft minutes of March 2022 meeting of the Scottish Sentencing Council
The draft minutes of the Council’s meeting held in Edinburgh last month are now available.
Recruitment of advocate member
Advocates interested in assisting in the preparation of sentencing guidelines and the development of sentencing policy for the Scottish courts are being invited to apply to become the advocate member of the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Council holds follow-up webinar on sentencing young people guideline
The Scottish Sentencing Council and CYCJ are pleased to announce a follow-up to January's highly popular webinar on the Council’s guideline on sentencing young people, which stimulated a great deal of discussion both during the event and afterwards.