The March 2021 edition of our newsletter can be viewed here.

By Dr Eoin Guilfoyle • The Community Order (CO) is one of the non-custodial sentencing options available to magistrates and judges in...

By Eoin Guilfoyle Magistrates and judges have a range of custodial and non-custodial options to choose from when sentencing an individual...

On 9 March 2021, the Ministry of Justice published the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which will introduce many of the...

By Cerys Gibson • Out of court disposals (OOCDs) have long been viewed by advocates to be an efficient and effective response to criminal...

By Cerys Gibson This report describes the current status of adult out of court disposals1 in England and Wales and draws on a review of...

Ronan Hughes, Gheorghe Nica, Maurice Robinson and Eamonn Harrison were today sentenced for 39 counts of unlawful act manslaughter. All...

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for modern slavery offences. View...

By Melissa Hamilton • Reducing re-offending is one of five key sentencing objectives in England and Wales. Courts employ a range of...

By Melissa Hamilton The purposes of sentencing were first specified in statute in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and include punishment...

By Jay Gormley, Julian V. Roberts, Jonathan Bild and Lyndon Harris • Most convictions in England and Wales in the Crown Court and the...

What is a Whole Life Order? When imposing a life sentence (which is mandatory on conviction for murder but discretionary for other...

By Jay Gormley, Julian V. Roberts, Jonathan Bild and Lyndon Harris All common law jurisdictions offer sentence reductions to defendants...

By Elspeth Windsor and Julian V. Roberts • The role of the victim at sentencing is one of the most active areas of policy and research in...

By Elspeth Windsor and Julian V. Roberts This report describes the current status of the Victim Personal Statement (VPS) in England and...

On 21 October, the Sentencing Academy hosted an online event, in conjunction with the UCL Centre for Criminal Law, on the recent...

Popular conceptions of imprisonment entail admission to prison for a continuous period. Some offenders are sentenced to immediate...

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on a guideline for unauthorised use of a trade...

The Ministry of Justice published its sentencing White Paper, promising ‘A Smarter Approach to Sentencing’, on 16 September 2020. It...

The Sentencing Academy has submitted a response to the Sentencing Council’s consultation on an updated guideline for assault offences. ...