Professor Muzammil Quraishi

Current positions

Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Biography

Muzammil joined Salford in 2002. His research centres upon crime and victimology amongst Muslim populations, particularly within prison contexts. His research interests include discrimination and criminal justice, comparative criminology and [de]colonialism. His methodological leanings are qualitative as inspired by Critical Race Theory and Critical Criminology. He is co-investigator of a large-scale independently-funded international study entitled 'Prison-based Interventions for Muslim Offenders (PRIMO) with researchers at Cardiff University. Muzammil is author of many publications and is co-author of a forthcoming book by Bristol Policy Press on Islam in Prison. He has been primary supervisor for 9 PhD scholars to completion covering topics including body worn cameras in the Middle East; Islamic law & British women; violence in rural Pakistan, racism in Dutch Policing and youth justice in Nigeria.

Areas of research

Discrimination and Criminal Justice, Islamophobia and Racism, Comparative Criminology, Faith in Prisons