George Mawhinney

DPhil Law

George came to the Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law originally back in 2008 for the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice. After an immensely enlightening and enjoyable year, he was elated to return in Michaelmas 2010 to commence the MSt in Legal Research under the supervision of Prof Andrew Ashworth. Having now progressed onto the DPhil, his doctoral thesis builds upon the investigation first conducted for his MSc dissertation in a fast-moving, crucially important dimension of contemporary sentencing law. It applies the principles of desert theory to the practice of sentencing in the UK in the light of Sch. 21 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003. He is also interested in criminal law, criminology, and criminal justice broadly defined. Outside his studies, he is keenly interested in politics and history, inter alia.