EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
The following Judicial Communications information fact sheets are available to download and use for educational purposes.
The Judiciary in Scotland - General
Other useful resources
The Scottish Sentencing Council website hosts a variety of helpful resources, and some links are provided below. The website publishes information about sentencing including what the law says; sentences & appeals; prison sentences; community based sentences; a jargon buster and a mythbuster.
It also hosts school educational materials and the following set of four videos which help explain how judges decide sentences in criminal court cases, and what sentences can be given in Scotland:
Other resources include two interactive case studies: