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Research examining current sentencing practice and knowledge on youth offending in Scotland and other jurisdictions has today been published by the Scottish Sentencing Council.

The Scottish Sentencing Council will develop multiple guidelines on sexual offences, beginning with rape, sexual assault, and indecent images of children.

The draft minutes from the Scottish Sentencing Council meeting held on Thursday 2 May 2019 have been published and are available to view here .

Members of the public are being invited to give their views on a new sentencing guideline setting out the steps taken by courts in making sentencing decisions, and the factors which may be taken into account.

Applications are now being invited to fill the advocate member position on the Scottish Sentencing Council. By law, one of the Council’s members must be an advocate practising in Scotland. The term of the present advocate member of the Council will end in October of this year.