Professor Muzammil Quraishi
School of Health and Society
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
- Criminal Justice Process
- Theoretical Criminology
- Intersectionality and Crime
- Prison Case Studies
- Investigating Homicide
- Digital Criminal Justice
- Discrimination and Criminal Justice
- Islamophobia and Racism
- Comparative Criminology
- Faith in Prisons
Qualifications
- LLB (Hons) Bachelor of Laws, University of Wales, Swansea
- PhD Criminology & Criminal Justice, University of Wales, Bangor,
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Salford
Memberships
- British Society of Criminology
- European Society of Criminology
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy