By Ailbhe O’Loughlin The presence of a mental disorder or disability ‘can affect the normal processes of the criminal justice system at...

The April / May 2022 edition of our newsletter can be viewed here.

We are holding the first in a new series of ‘Key Issues in Sentencing’ seminars at 5pm on Thursday 23 June. This will be an online event...

By Professor Julian V. Roberts and Professor Andrew Ashworth Our new paper by Professor Julian V. Roberts and Professor Andrew Ashworth...

By Professor Julian V. Roberts and Professor Andrew Ashworth Our new paper by Professor Julian V. Roberts and Professor Andrew Ashworth...

Average custodial sentence length for adults sentenced for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Source: Ministry of Justice (2021)...

Average custodial sentence length for adults sentenced for rape of a child under 13. Source: Ministry of Justice (2021) Criminal Justice...

Average custodial sentence length for adults sentenced for aggravated burglary. Source: Ministry of Justice (2021) Criminal Justice...

The Scottish Sentencing Council has today published a literature review we produced for them examining the issue of sentencing offenders...

By Dr Ailbhe O’Loughlin, Dr Jay Gormley, Dr Lucy Willmott, Dr Jonathan Bild, Professor Julian Roberts and Anna Draper The Scottish...

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

When someone is sentenced in the magistrates’ courts, they are entitled to appeal against their sentence to the Crown Court. From the...

By Dr Gwen Robinson • In order for courts to craft and impose appropriate and effective sentences, sentencers need an adequate amount of...

Where offenders have been sentenced for certain offences in the Crown Court and the Attorney General considers that the sentence imposed...

A Community Order is the most severe form of non-custodial sentence that courts in England and Wales can impose (as Suspended Sentence...

By Orla Slattery, Lecturer, Nottingham Law School Koci Selamaj was today sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 36 years...

The Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) was introduced by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and came into force on 20...

The February / March 2022 edition of our newsletter can be viewed here.

The most severe sentence a court in England and Wales can impose is a sentence of imprisonment. The use of custodial sentences is, to...

Discharges lie at the bottom of the hierarchy in terms of the types of sentence a court can impose and they take two different forms: an...