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Approach to the guideline

1. Do you agree or disagree that that a principle-based approach to the guideline is the right approach?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree

Applicability

2. Do you agree or disagree that the guideline should apply to people under the age of 25?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime .

Applicability - Other age

3. If you disagree that the guideline should apply to people under the age of 25, at what age should the guideline cease to apply?

Please enter your response in whole numbers
18
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

Principles and purposes of sentencing a young person

4. Do you agree or disagree that the relationship between this guideline and the ‘Principles and purposes of sentencing’ guideline is set out clearly?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree

5. Do you agree or disagree that paragraph 7 of the guideline gives enough information about the factors that should be taken into account when sentencing a young person?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

6. If you do not agree that paragraph 7 of the guideline gives enough information about the factors that should be taken into account when sentencing a young person, what additional information should it provide?

Please provide any reasons for your answer, including any examples that you feel should be included:
Violence and risk to public safety

7. Do you agree or disagree that rehabilitation should be given greater emphasis than other purposes of sentencing in this guideline?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
Also protecting the public from criminals

8. Do you agree or disagree that rehabilitation should be a primary consideration when sentencing a young person?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree

9. Which, if any, other purposes of sentencing should be emphasised in this guideline?

Please provide any other purposes and any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

Assessment of seriousness

10. Is the section on the assessment of seriousness helpful?

Please select one item
Yes
No

Identifying the most appropriate sentence

11. Do you agree or disagree that paragraph 13 of the guideline identifies the information which is of most relevance to sentencing a young person?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

12. Do you agree or disagree with paragraph 14 of the guideline stating that cases should be referred to a children’s hearing for advice where it is competent to do so?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
This is a load of nonsense - if they’re adults at 16 how can you refer them to a child’s service at 25?

13. Do you agree or disagree with the proposed features of an appropriate sentence for a young person set out at paragraph 15 of the guideline?

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Agree
Disagree

14. Do you agree or disagree that the approach set out in paragraphs 17 and 18 of the guideline is appropriate?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree

15. Do you agree or disagree that judges should consider remitting each case to a children’s hearing for disposal, where it is competent to do so?

Please select one item
Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

Potential impacts of the guideline

16. Do you think the guideline will influence sentencing practice in Scotland?

Please select one item
Yes
No
Please give any reasons for your answer:
I hope not as it’s out of touch and doesn’t protect the public

17. Do you agree or disagree that the guideline will increase public understanding of how sentencing decisions in respect of young people are made?

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Agree
Disagree

18. Do you agree or disagree that the guideline will increase public confidence in the sentencing of young people?

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Agree
Disagree
Please provide any reasons for your answer:
People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

19. Do you agree or disagree with the assessment of the specific, identified impacts the guideline is expected to have?

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Agree
Disagree

20. What benefits do you think will come from the introduction of this guideline, if any?

Letting off criminals onto the street - great one SNP!

Further comments

22. Would you like to make any other comments about any matter arising from this consultation?

People are adults at 18 or they aren’t. You can’t have 16 year olds deemed to be mature enough to vote but 25 year olds deemed not mature enough to go to jail for their serious crime

Respondent information

23. Are you responding as an individual or an organisation?

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Individual
Organisation

24. Name of person responding

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Joel Davidson

30. The Scottish Sentencing Council would like your permission to publish your consultation response. Please indicate your preference:

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