Kristin Skjørten (born 10 September 1958) is a Norwegian criminologist. She is a research professor at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS) and a professor II of the sociology of law at the University of Oslo Department of Public and International Law. Skjørten is an expert on violence and abuse in close relationships, child custody, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and children's rights. She has formerly been research director at NKVTS. She has a mag.art. degree in criminology from the University of Oslo (1986), and a doctoral degree from 1993.