Mhairi Gavin, who was supervised by Professor Laura Piacentini and Dr Claire McDiarmid (Strathclyde Law School), successfully defended her PhD Thesis on 17th October with no corrections. Mhairi’s PhD was on the sex offender community in a Scottish prison. Mhairi worked very closely with the Scottish Prison Service staff and prisoners throughout her PhD studies, and her examiners praised Mhairi on her clear writing and significant contribution to Criminological research in Scotland. Well done Mhairi!