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Literature Review on sexual offences involving sexual assault

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Topic
Research services
Published
3 November 2025

Tender description

The Scottish Sentencing Council seeks to commission a review of relevant academic and jurisprudential literature on the topic of: - Sexual offences involving sexual assault The aim of the literature review on sexual offences involving sexual assault will be to summarise new academic, legal and statistical work relevant to the sentencing of sexual assault as well as any relevant research on the changing nature of sexual assault offending particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and cyber-enabled offending. Lot 1: The Scottish Sentencing Council seeks to commission a review of relevant academic and jurisprudential literature on the topic of: - Sexual offences involving sexual assault The aim of the literature review on sexual offences involving sexual assault will be to summarise new academic, legal and statistical work relevant to the sentencing of sexual assault as well as any relevant research on the changing nature of sexual assault offending particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and cyber-enabled offending. The Council commissioned a similar literature review on sexual offences involving sexual assault in 2020 and published the report in February 2021. This new literature will be an update to that review, focusing on sentencing practice in the last five years and any changes in the nature of offending.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published3 November 2025
    Current notice

About the buyer

Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service runs Scotland's courts and tribunals system as a central government agency and non-departmental public body. Established frameworks from the Scottish Government, Crown Commercial Service and Scotland Excel cover many of its routine purchases. A dedicated procurement team runs the tender process and manages supplier relationships. Estates and digital teams across the court and tribunal network commission much of this work.

Over the past 5 years, most of Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and software and information systems.

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