Exploring Unwarranted Disparities in Sentencing in Scotland

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Tata, Cyrus and Gormley, Jay and Hamilton, Melissa and Pina-Sanchez, Jose (2026) Exploring Unwarranted Disparities in Sentencing in Scotland. Scottish Sentencing Council, Edinburgh.

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Abstract

The report documents research commissioned to examine unwarranted sentencing disparities and how they can be reduced. It highlights the need to develop new sources of in-depth and meaningful data on sentencing patterns. The authors found that high quality data is essential to : the promotion of consistency in sentencing; the informed development of sentencing policy; and efforts to inform public knowledge and awareness of (and so confidence in) sentencing and the judiciary.

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Tata, Cyrus ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1033-478X, Gormley, Jay, Hamilton, Melissa and Pina-Sanchez, Jose;
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