Projects per year
Personal profile
Teaching
Introducing Criminology (CRM1001).
Punishment, Penal Policy and Prisons (CRM3001).
Psychological Perspectives on Crime (CRM3005).
Research Interests
Identity, violence, imprisonment, shame, masculinity, penal reform, reintegration, desistance, criminological psychology and restorative justice.
Research Statement
My interests include criminological psychology and imprisonment. Criminological psychology involves understanding why people engage in crime, how society reacts to and manages criminal behaviour and how individuals began to leave behind a criminal career. In particular, I am interested in issues such as violence, identity, shame, masculinity, imprisonment, conflict, restorative justice and penal reform. My PhD thesis was entitled “Prisoner Confrontations: The Role of Shame, Masculinity and Respect” and investigated why some prisoners were more likely to engage in prisoner-on-prisoner violence than others. Since then, I have been involved in a number of research projects examining the service and support needs of young people on remand, fear of crime, equality and disciplinary processes in prison, prison-based parentaling programmes, the effects of caregiver imprisonment on children and penal reform.
Please feel free to contact me to discuss possible research ideas.
Current PhD Students
Sinead Meade – Effects of Prison Work in the Irish Prison Service.
Keira Flanagan - The Potential Effects of Educational and Vocational Programmes on the Desistance Process in Imprisoned Young People.
Mark Williams - The Detection and Prevention of Inappropriate and Criminal Behaviour in Social Media.
Abdullah Al Habsi - A cross-national study of WhatsApp users in Oman: Motivations for self-disclosure and risk of blackmail.
Past PhD Students
Aimee Muirhead - Behind Closed Doors: A Study of Cell-Sharing, Wellbeing and Coping in Prison.
Shane Bell - Doing Desistance in Divided Neighbourhoods: The Role of Conflict Affected Neighbourhoods.
Lauren Hogg – The Impact of State Intervention on the Work of Community-Based Restorative Justice Projects in Northern Ireland.
Annemarie Millar - Police Response and Understanding of Incidents of Domestic Abuse Involvement Children and Young People.
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Psychology, University College Dublin.
MSc in Forensic Psychology, University of Kent at Canterbury.
PhD in Criminology, University of Cambridge.
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Educational Teaching, Queen's University Belfast.
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Projects
R2674SES: Families Matter
Percy, A., Butler, M., Clarke, M., Hayes, D., Lohan, M. & Lynn, F.
11/12/2019 → …
Project: Research
R2642SES: Worsening child outcomes? Parental imprisonment and its impact on child health, wellbeing and poverty
30/10/2019 → …
Project: Research
R2583SES: The relationship Between alcohol and mental health problems : A rapid review of evidence
Campbell, A., Butler, M., Davidson, G. & McLaughlin, A.
19/03/2019 → …
Project: Research
R1973SES: Tackling the negative impact of caregiver imprisonment on child outcomes in Uganda
12/12/2018 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
Blackmail on social media: What do we know and what remains unknown?
Al Habsi, A., Butler, M., Percy, A. & Sezer, S., 23 Mar 2020, (Accepted) In : Security Journal.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Worsening Child Outcomes? Caregiver Imprisonment and Its Impact on Child Poverty, Health, Wellbeing and Education in Uganda
Butler, M. & Misinde, C., 19 Feb 2020, (Accepted) In : European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research. 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Designing Prison Based Parenting Programs to Maximise their Outcomes
Butler, M., Percy, A., Hayes, D. & John Devaney, 2019, In : International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. 63, 7, p. 975-992 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Explaining Disparities in Prisoner Outcomes.
Butler, M., Kelly, D. & McNamee, C., Apr 2019, Queens University Belfast.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
Imprisoned Fathers: Responding to a Growing Concern
Flynn, C. & Butler, M., 2019, Routledge. 118 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Prizes
Nominated for QUB Personal Tutor of the Year Award 2012
Michelle Butler (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Other distinction
Nominated for QUB PhD Supervisory Excellence Award 2015
Michelle Butler (Recipient), May 2015
Prize: Other distinction
Nominated for QUB PhD Supervisory Excellence Award 2016
Michelle Butler (Recipient), 13 Apr 2016
Prize: Other distinction
Nominated for QUB PhD Supervisory Excellence Award 2018
Michelle Butler (Recipient), 25 Apr 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Nominated for QUB Staff Excellence Award in the 'Outstanding Leadership' category 2017
Michelle Butler (Recipient), 21 Dec 2016
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
The realities, obstacles and challenges of imprisonment and prison re-entry in a transitional justice framework
Michelle Butler (Invited speaker)04 Mar 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Medical Research Council (External organisation)
Michelle Butler (Reviewer)2020
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Criminal Justice and Behavior (Journal)
Michelle Butler (Peer reviewer)2020 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Criminology External Examiner
Michelle Butler (Examiner)2020 → 2023
Activity: Examination types › UG external examination
KU Leuven Research Council (External organisation)
Michelle Butler (Reviewer)2020 → …
Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
Press / Media
A get-out-of-jail card for Executive over dilemma of separating prisoners
03/11/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
What is happening with healthcare in Northern Ireland prisons?
27/10/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
What is happening to healthcare in Northern Ireland prisons?
20/10/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Learning the lessons from Northern Ireland: don't put Islamic extremists in specialised prison units
19/10/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Learning the lessons of Northern Ireland: don't put Islamic extremists in specialised prison units
13/10/2016
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Thesis
Behind the Door: A Study of Cell-Sharing, Wellbeing and Coping in Prison
Author: Muirhead, A., Dec 2019Supervisor: Butler, M. (Supervisor) & Davidson, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Doing desistance in divided neighbourhoods : the role of conflict-affected neighbourhoods in the desistance process during reintegration
Author: Bell, S., Dec 2019Supervisor: Lawther, C. (Supervisor) & Butler, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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Policing Incidents of Domestic Abuse Involving Children: Children’s and Police Officers’ Experiences
Author: Millar, A., 2019Supervisor: Butler, M. (Supervisor), Devaney, J. (Supervisor), Serisier, T. (Supervisor), Butler, M. (Supervisor) & Corr, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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