Prof Michele Burman

Founding Co-Director, SCCJR

Professor of Criminology

University of Glasgow

Bio

Michele, a founding co-director of SCCJR, is Professor of Criminology and Head of the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Glasgow. She has held research positions at Edinburgh and Aberdeen Universities, as well as within the Scottish Executive where she was a senior research officer in criminology in the central research unit.

Michele has a long-standing research interest in violence against women, in particular the criminal justice response to rape, sexual assault and domestic violence. She has allied research interests in the areas of gender, crime and criminal justice, with a particular interest in young women and girls at risk of being drawn into the criminal justice system. Michele was a member of REF 2014 Sub Panel 22.