Chapter 14 Web links

Useful websites

Institutions

• Sentencing Council

  The Sentencing Council publishes guidelines for judges on both particular types of sentence and general sentencing principles.

Reports, guides, and comments

• Burglary offences: Definitive guideline by the Sentencing Council
• Criminal Practice Directions (Division VII)

  Division VII M of the Criminal Practice Directions 2015 sets out the minimum terms to be served by an offender convicted of murder.

• General guideline: overarching principles of the Sentencing Council
• Reduction in sentence for a guilty plea: Definitive guideline

  The Sentencing Council’s guideline on the appropriate discount in sentence where an offender pleads guilty.

Other websites

• Sentencing code

  Information about the Law Commission’s work on codifying sentencing procedure.

Useful videos

• The work of judges in the Crown Court in England and Wales

  This video explains the role of a Crown Court judge and discusses what factors a judge will take into account when sentencing an offender.