Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
John is interested in doctoral candidates in criminal law doctrine and theory, comparative criminal law, and/or criminal law and neuroscience.John's previous successful doctoral students include:<br/>* Rachel Gimson, ‘Captured Red Handed: The Impact of Social Media on the Evolving Concepts of the Criminal Defendant and the Presumption of Innocence’ - Completed in 2016;<br/>* Stavros Demetriou, 'Anti-Social Behaviour and Civil Preventive Measures: Creating Localised Criminal Codes?' - Completed in 2017;<br/>* Nicholas Sinclair-House, ‘Sentencing Intoxicated Defendants’ - Completed in 2018.<br/>* Christos Papachristopoulos, 'Prisons in Europe, Europe in Prisons' - Completed in 2024<br/>* Polly Hernandez, 'The Relevance of Relevance' - Completed in 2025 <br/>* Hakan Donmez , 'Understanding 'Corporate' 'Criminal' 'Liability' through a Tripartite Framework and Why it Matters' - Completed in 2025
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