A new Scottish Sentencing Council has come into force as of today with the independent body being responsible for preparing guidelines to ensure a consistent approach to sentencing throughout the country.
A new study has revealed that crime rates in Glasgow are falling faster than rates seen in the rest of the country.
Police Scotland seized almost 50 knives and over 180 weapons in the last four academic years from pupils in and around Glasgow.
The Scottish justice secretary John Scott QC is to lead an inquiry into the Police use of stop and search in Scotland, which could lead to a total ban.
Police Scotland have been criticised in the Scottish Parliament for failing to disclose a crime report.
Almost 20,000 people were stopped and searched by police in 2014, with a one-year-old being stopped in North Ayrshire as part of police strategic tactics to prevent crime.
New figures have shown that more than 1,200 youngsters under the age of 10 were detected in Scotland in the last two years.
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