Michelle Butler is a Professor of Criminology at the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen’s University Belfast. Her research interests include imprisonment, penal policy, restorative justice and social media related crime.

She has been involved in a number of studies looking at issues related to violence, order and control in prison, as well as the effect of caregiver imprisonment on children. Additionally, she has been involved in projects looking at the use of restorative justice as a means of responding to crimes, including sexual violence.

More recently, she has collaborated with colleagues exploring how social media can be used to enable and facilitate offending and harmful behaviours, which can include the non-consensually sharing of explicit material, harassment and cyberbullying.

Criminal Justice & Legal Reform Digital Cultures & Online Abuse