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Rape
The Council is currently developing sentencing guidelines on the sexual offences of rape. Two draft guidelines have now been prepared...

Committees
The Council has two types of committee: standing committees and working group committees. Standing committees are established on a long...

Environmental and wildlife crime
Sentencing environmental and wildlife offences can be quite different from the majority of criminal offences, particularly with regard to the...

Domestic abuse
This guideline is currently at Stage 2 of processing and is being dealt with by the Domestic Abuse committee .

New members appointed to the Scottish Sentencing Council.
Two new members have been appointed to fill vacant positions on the Scottish Sentencing Council. Summary Sheriff Amel Elfallah joins the Council as a judicial member, while Louise Arrol takes on the role of advocate member. Both have been appointed for five-year terms by the Lord Justice General, after consulting the Scottish Ministers.