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Institutional failure, ineptitude and injustice: the Scottish Sentencing Council's guidelines on sentencing rape

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Abstract

Critiques the Scottish Sentencing Council's delayed adoption of sentencing guidelines for rape and rape of a young child and expresses concern with the staged methodology adopted from English practice.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1 - 4
Number of pages4
JournalGreens Criminal Law Bulletin
Issue number199
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 12 Dec 2026

Keywords

  • rape
  • rape of a child under 13
  • Scotland
  • Scottish Sentencing Council
  • sentencing guidelines

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