Evaluation of the manslaughter offences guidelines

This report will contain findings from the evaluation of the Sentencing Council's manslaughter offences guidelines. It includes analysis of MoJ administrative court data, transcripts of Crown Court sentencing remarks and in-depth interviews with sentencers.

Evaluation of the breach offences guidelines

This report will contain findings from the evaluation of the Sentencing Council’s breach offences guidelines. It includes analysis of MoJ administrative court data and small-scale surveys with sentencers and probation staff, as well as analysis of data from a data collection exercise which was undertaken in magistrates’ courts in England and Wales pre and post the definitive guidelines coming into force in 2018. Sentencers were asked to complete a survey form whenever they sentenced an adult offender for offences of breach of a community order, breach of a suspended sentence order, and breach of a protective order.