Muzammil Quraishi

This text offers a comprehensive and holistic overview of the criminal justice process from the commission of an offence to resettlement or community supervision and formal exit from the process. It is designed to give students and researchers a unique insight into the criminal justice system, with a key focus on issues faced by practitioners and the impact these issues have on decision making. This book will: Cover core stages of the criminal justice process: incident report & investigation; arrest and interview; charging and initial appearance; trial and sentencing; community supervision, imprisonment and resettlement; Follow several hypothetical cases to understand the workings of the criminal justice process and engage in decision-making or role-playing exercises at each stage; Critically reflect upon how practitioners undertake their roles and how these are informed by due process and cultural practices at each stage; Analyse the processes, decisions and information flow against criminological and socio-legal literature centred upon core themes of contemporary criminal justice. Each chapter includes a reflective statement from an experienced criminal justice practitioner and questions designed to guide readers to consider its significance and relevance against academic and theoretical literature. This book is essential reading for courses on criminal justice in England and Wales.

This text offers a comprehensive and holistic overview of the criminal justice process from the commission of an offence to resettlement or community supervision and formal exit from the process. It is designed to give students and researchers a unique insight into the criminal justice system, with a key focus on issues faced by practitioners and the impact these issues have on decision making. This book will: Cover core stages of the criminal justice process: incident report & investigation; arrest and interview; charging and initial appearance; trial and sentencing; community supervision, imprisonment and resettlement; Follow several hypothetical cases to understand the workings of the criminal justice process and engage in decision-making or role-playing exercises at each stage; Critically reflect upon how practitioners undertake their roles and how these are informed by due process and cultural practices at each stage; Analyse the processes, decisions and information flow against criminological and socio-legal literature centred upon core themes of contemporary criminal justice. Each chapter includes a reflective statement from an experienced criminal justice practitioner and questions designed to guide readers to consider its significance and relevance against academic and theoretical literature. This book is essential reading for courses on criminal justice in England and Wales.

Are you a prison officer who feels nervous about dealing with Muslims on the wings? Are you a prison chaplain who wants to know how your chaplaincy affects the lives of prisoners? Are you a policymaker who needs a robust base of evidence for Islam in prison? Are you an academic or a journalist seeking ground-breaking social science in a contentious field? Based on original evidence from 279 Muslim prisoners and 79 prison officers, we explore how Muslims come to be incarcerated, how the practice of Islam affects prison life and rehabilitation, the types of Islam and the effects of Islamic conversion in prison and the professional practice of officers and chaplains. We also investigate the common belief that incarceration fosters Islamist extremism and suggest improvements to faith provision and rehabilitative opportunities for Muslim prisoners.

This book provides a critical analysis of criminological scholarship in Malaysia, presenting a focused exploration of the key qualities and limitations to studies on crime, deviance, victimization and criminal justice in this country. This text connects contemporary crime problems with historical legacies such as the impact of colonialism and the influence of ethno-nationalism and authoritarianism in the region. Conflict and tension created by legal pluralism is illustrated via three case studies exploring apostasy, Islamic rehabilitation centres, and retention and use of the death penalty. In addition to a critique of contemporary Malaysian criminological scholarship, Towards a Malaysian Criminology suggests a composite, critical criminological approach to guide future research. This approach draws on theoretical traditions in critical race theory, critical realism, ultra-realism and the emerging field of Islamic critical realism. Given the multidisciplinary nature of the discipline, this text will appeal to scholars of criminology, sociology, law, politics and Islamic theology.

In the aftermath of 9/11 a critical analysis of offending and victimisation of Asian Muslims is desperately required. Muslims and Crime addresses this need by means of a comparative criminological evaluation of British and Pakistani South Asian Muslims. In addition to providing a succinct review of contemporary studies in the field, Muzammil Quraishi evaluates issues of offending and victimization amongst South Asian Muslims; develops an understanding of Islamic criminal law and its influence on crime and social control by means of a comparative evaluation between Britain and Pakistan; explores the nature of Islamophobia and its impact on South Asian Muslims in Britain and Pakistan; explores the American 'Critical Race Theory' perspective within British and Pakistani contexts; and examines the construction of racial stereotypes during colonial encounters and how far these may be traced into the post-colonial social terrain. The book will interest academics in sociology, criminology, race and ethnicity, and law. The themes explored will also be of significant interest to practitioners within criminal justice institutions.

"A welcome and overdue contribution to the field. Identifying a need for an empirical guide to complement the abundant theoretical literature, this book combines a variety of practical avenues of advice with analytical sophistication, without losing any of the subject matter’s complexities. The contextual chapters are well judged and informative, while readers will surely find the careful selection and very clear presentation of the case studies particularly useful in thinking through the projects from start to completion." - Steve Garner, Open University This book offers a one stop guide to the meaning of racism, key studies in the field, core methodologies and an agenda for research for the future. Discussing the salient aspects of race and racism in contemporary society alongside methodological and practical considerations of qualitative research in the field, Researching Racism is not only an original textbook but also a crucial guide for anyone beginning their own research on racism. Based on Muzammil Quraishi and Rob Philburn’s extensive background as researchers, supervisors and teachers, this book: offers a clear and accessible account of an interdisciplinary and complex topicincorporates historical, legislative and international dimensions of race and racismoutlines and illustrates a range of qualitative research methodsprovides case studies and engaging examplesincludes a tool kit for researchers of racism. This is an indispensable guide for students wanting to research race and racism across the social sciences.

"A welcome and overdue contribution to the field. Identifying a need for an empirical guide to complement the abundant theoretical literature, this book combines a variety of practical avenues of advice with analytical sophistication, without losing any of the subject matter’s complexities. The contextual chapters are well judged and informative, while readers will surely find the careful selection and very clear presentation of the case studies particularly useful in thinking through the projects from start to completion." - Steve Garner, Open University This book offers a one stop guide to the meaning of racism, key studies in the field, core methodologies and an agenda for research for the future. Discussing the salient aspects of race and racism in contemporary society alongside methodological and practical considerations of qualitative research in the field, Researching Racism is not only an original textbook but also a crucial guide for anyone beginning their own research on racism. Based on Muzammil Quraishi and Rob Philburn’s extensive background as researchers, supervisors and teachers, this book: offers a clear and accessible account of an interdisciplinary and complex topicincorporates historical, legislative and international dimensions of race and racismoutlines and illustrates a range of qualitative research methodsprovides case studies and engaging examplesincludes a tool kit for researchers of racism. This is an indispensable guide for students wanting to research race and racism across the social sciences.

In the aftermath of 9/11 a critical analysis of offending and victimisation of Asian Muslims is desperately required. Muslims and Crime addresses this need by means of a comparative criminological evaluation of British and Pakistani South Asian Muslims. In addition to providing a succinct review of contemporary studies in the field, Muzammil Quraishi evaluates issues of offending and victimization amongst South Asian Muslims; develops an understanding of Islamic criminal law and its influence on crime and social control by means of a comparative evaluation between Britain and Pakistan; explores the nature of Islamophobia and its impact on South Asian Muslims in Britain and Pakistan; explores the American 'Critical Race Theory' perspective within British and Pakistani contexts; and examines the construction of racial stereotypes during colonial encounters and how far these may be traced into the post-colonial social terrain. The book will interest academics in sociology, criminology, race and ethnicity, and law. The themes explored will also be of significant interest to practitioners within criminal justice institutions.