The Sentencing Academy is a charitable incorporated organisation created in 2019 to promote more effective sentencing practices and to...

Dr Gabrielle Watson In August 2023, former neonatal nurse, Lucy Letby, refused to attend her own sentencing hearing for the murders of...

As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, we would like to highlight an Issue paper that we shared last year by Ailbhe O’Loughlin looking...

The Kalisher Trust and the Sentencing Academy are delighted to offer the opportunity for an outstanding candidate to undertake an...

By Dr Annie Bunce • Desistance is the cessation of offending by those with previous patterns of criminal behaviour. Desistance is a...

By Gavin Dingwall, Senior Research Fellow and Sarah McManus, Director of Operations The Sentencing Academy was delighted to host this...

By Georgia-Mae Chung Overcrowding in adult male prisons is a significant problem affecting the criminal justice system. The Government...

A seminar in conjunction with Nottingham Law School. This in person seminar begins at 5:30pm and is taking place at: Room 1002 Chaucer...

The Sentencing Academy has published a new paper by our Kalisher Trust intern, Georgia-Mae Chung, exploring the practical issues arising...

The Sentencing Academy has published a new paper by our Kalisher Trust intern, Georgia-Mae Chung, exploring the practical issues arising...

We are excited to announce the appointment of two new trustees to our Board. Anna Draper is a former Kalisher Trust intern at the Academy...

Following the well-attended Sentencing Seminar on the 13 January 2023 looking at current issues in sentencing policy and research in...

Following the well-attended Sentencing Seminar on the 13 January 2023 looking at current issues in sentencing policy and research in...

This half day seminar is jointly hosted by the Alan Turing Institute, Northumbria University’s Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice...

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By Gavin Dingwall, Senior Research Fellow In December 2022, the Magistrates’ Association published a report entitled Out of Court...

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in collaboration with the City Law School. This in person seminar begins at 9:30am and is...

The Sentencing Academy is delighted to announce that the winner of this year’s thesis prize is Lewis Bocking for his dissertation...

The October / November 2022 edition of our newsletter can be viewed here

By Dr Jay Gormley • Criminal fines are the most common criminal sanction and account for about 75% of principal sanctions issued by...